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Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Piraeus Athena, a hollow-cast Greek Bronze, ca. 360-340 BC. Found in 1959, along with the Piraeus Apollo and two bronzes of Artemis. #AAOTD #Athena

Ancient Artefact of the Day: A Bronze Mouse - with snack for nibbling; Roman, ca. 1st Century AD.Traditionally, such statuettes have been associated with the cult of the god Apollo

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Mycenaean Lion RhytonA stunning example of Bronze Age gold-working from Grave IV, Grave Circle A at Mycenae, in this hammered gold rhyton. #AAOTD #Mycenaean

Ancient Artefact of the Day: Only one option today really, in honour of the birthday of Rome, 21 April, here is the Capitoline Wolf. #AAOTD #Rome Image: Capitoline Museum The

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Liver of PiacenzaAn Etruscan life-size model of a sheep's liver, ca. 100 BC, used in the practice of hepatoscopy (divination through the inspection of

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Seikilos ColumnAn exciting piece today with this tomb monument from the Mid to Late 2nd Century AD - one of the major pieces of

Ancient Artefact of the Day: Today's piece has been chosen to fit with #MuseumsUnlocked and the focus on bone, horn, and teeth.The Boar's Tusk Helmet from Mycenae, Chamber Tomb 518,