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• Assyrian reliefs

  Mostly dating from the period 880-612 BC, these carved scenes are found on free-standing stelae and as panels cut on cliffs and rocks at distant places reached by the Assyrian kings during their campaigns. The most spectacular use of stone reliefs, however, was as panels which decorated the mud-brick...

• Greek vase painters and potters

  We know the names of some potters and painters of Greek vases because they signed their work. Generally a painter signed his name followed by some form of the verb 'painted', while a potter (or perhaps the painter writing for him) signed his name with 'made'. Sometimes the same person...

• The Meroe Head

  The Meroe Head, so-called because it was found beneath a temple in the ruins of Meroe, is the head of a larger-than life statue of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (better known as Augustus Caesar) the first Emperor of Rome (reigned 31 BCE-14 CE). On 2 September 31 BCE  Octavian Caesar (the future Augustus...

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Art Books

• Assyrian Palace Sculptures Paul Collins University of Texas Press (01 October 2009) Price: $29.85

• Cleopatra: A Life Stacy Schiff Little, Brown and Company (01 November 2010) Currently unavailable

• Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch (30 March 2011) Currently unavailable

• The Art of Ancient Egypt: Revised Edition Gay Robins Harvard University Press (15 September 2008) Price: $18.92

• Four Plays: Medea, Hippolytus, Heracles, Bacchae Euripides Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. (01 March 2002) Price: $12.87