The Lion of Chaeronea

Egyptian mummy portrait (encaustic on wood) of a Roman soldier wearing a gold wreath. Artist unknown; ca. 130 CE (reign of the emperor Hadrian). Found at er-Rubayat in the Fayum; acquired in 1927 and now in the collection of the Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

Funerary portrait of a woman from Roman Egypt.  Artist unknown; ca. 138-192 CE (Antonine period).  From the Fayum; now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Jewelry element (silver, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise) depicting a falcon with a double crown.  Artist unknown; ca. 1887-1750 BCE (12th or 13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom).  Found in the Fayum; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.