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A votive relief from the Sanctuary of Isis in Dion, Greece. Dated to the late 3rd–2nd century BCE, it shows Isis with features of Demeter, a trace of how ancient cults crossed borders. Archaeological Museum of Dion.
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A votive relief from the Sanctuary of Isis in Dion, Greece. Dated to the late 3rd–2nd century BCE, it shows Isis with features of Demeter, a trace of how ancient cults crossed borders. Archaeological Museum of Dion.

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Quartzite Head of Amenhotep in the Khepresh (Blue Crown of War) New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1390-1352 B.C. Purchased in Cairo from J. S. Khawam, 1956. Likely from Memphis. Now at the Met Museum. 56.138

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Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of the head of Herakles, about 550 B.C. Greek Mythology ,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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A striking Neolithic figurine from Anatolia, shown seated with her hands placed on her breasts. Her body is decorated with red ochre, a detail that may point to symbolic or ritual significance. Yalvaç Museum, Türkiye.

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A 1,700-year-old statue of Pan, uncovered in Istanbul in 2023, became one of the striking finds from the St. Polyeuktos excavations. The god of nature, forests, and shepherds emerged this time from the Byzantine layers of the city. Photo: İBB Miras

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Rhyton in the form of a pregnant woman, found at Gournia on Crete and dated to 1300–1200 BCE. A rare Late Minoan vessel reflecting fertility, ritual, and the female body in Bronze Age Crete. Herakleion Archaeological Museum Photo: Wolfgang Sauber

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Greek aryballos with the heads of an Ethiopian and a Greek woman, 520-510 BC. Preserved in the Louvre Museum.

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A Hellenistic laginos from Montenegro. With its long neck and plain body, it is not a flashy object, but it belongs to the kind of everyday vessel that brings us closest to life in the 3rd–2nd century BC. Now in the collection of the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade.

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Cassandra clings to Athena’s statue. This 4th-century BC work from Tanagra carries one of the darkest silences of Troy’s fall: a woman who saw the truth, was never believed, and found no protection even in a goddess’s sanctuary. Her prophecies were right. No one listened.

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