Ancient ALIENS

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Crown with Goddesses and Floral Elements, Phoenician, 10th-9th century BC, From the collection of: The Walters Art Museum

Disk Pectoral with Sun Deity, Coclé, 300 - 1550, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Ornament Depicting a Fanged Earth God, Chavin, -0900/-0200, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Winged Isis pectoral, Unknown, 538 B.C. - 519 B.C., From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Crown with Goddesses and Ibexes, Phoenician, 10th-9th century BC, From the collection of: The Walters Art Museum

Plaque depicting a naked goddess on a horse, probably Astarte or Anat, Unknown, Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE, From the collection of: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Aegis with the Head of Sakhmet, Egyptian, ca. 900-750 BC (Third Intermediate), From the collection of: The Walters Art Museum

Spacer Bead Inscribed for King Aramatelqo, Unknown, ca. 568-555 B.C.E., From the collection of: Brooklyn Museum

Ear Spool, Unknown, 1150/1450, From the collection of: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ceremonial Tweezers, Calima, ca. 900-1100 (Pre-Colombian), From the collection of: The Walters Art Museum

Signet Ring, Unknown, ca. 664-404 B.C.E., From the collection of: Brooklyn Museum

Burial Mask, Javanese, 5th century or earlier, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Female Shaman Pendant, Quimbaya, 1 - 800, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Funerary Mask, Sicán, 800 - 1375 AD, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Figural Pendant, Tolima, ca. 700-1000 (Pre-Colombian), From the collection of: The Walters Art Museum

Painted Wooden Coffin of the Sacred Ibis of Thoth, Egyptian, 305 BC - 30 BC, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Cippus of Horus on the Crocodiles, Unknown, 3rd century B.C.E., From the collection of: Brooklyn Museum

Alphons Stübel at the Portal of the Sun, Tiahuanaco, Georges B. Von Grumbkow, 1877, From the collection of: MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima

Gold headdress that represents a mythological being with bird, feline and snake traits ML100541, Chavin style, 1250 BC - 1 AD, From the collection of: Museo Larco

Skirt, 1987/1999, From the collection of: Textile Museum of Canada

Vessel of the Dancing Lords, Ah Maxam (active mid-/late 8th century), A.D. 750/800, From the collection of: The Art Institute of Chicago

Stela, Maya, A.D. 300 - 500, From the collection of: Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton vase, Maya, 0600/0800, From the collection of: Princeton University Art Museum

Hombre maya, Héctor Jara., 1983, From the collection of: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Estela 50, unknown, -0300/0100, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Placa de concha, unknown, 0300/0850, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Figurilla femenina, unknown, 0600/0900, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Tablero I o Tablero de la Cruz, unknown, 0600/0900, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Estela 51, unknown, 0600/0900, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Lápida de Jonuta, unknown, 0600/0900, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Relieve en mosaicos de piedra, unknown, 0900/1250, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Plato con cola de mono en espiral, unknown, 0300/0850, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Pedestal o porta incensario, unknown, 0300/0850, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Pendiente antropomorfo, unknown, 0900/1250, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Pendiente de hueso en forma de reptil, unknown, 0300/0850, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Dintel 26, unknown, 0600/0900, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Cylinder vase, Unknown, 755 - 780, From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mummy Mask of a Woman, Egyptian, 50 BC-AD 50 (Greco-Roman), From the collection of: The Walters Art Museum

Funerary mask, Unknown, 700 - 1520, From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Decorative Persian handle, Unknown, -400/-350, From the collection of: Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Relief Orthostat, Unknown, 880 BCE - 856 BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Foundation Figurine with Stone Tablet, Unknown, 2430 BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Statuette of a Griffin, Unknown, 9th or 8th century BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Funerary Stele of a Noble Lady, Unknown, 2nd half of 8th century BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Clay Prism of Tiglath-pileser I of Assyria, with dedicatory inscription, Unknown, 1109 BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Inscribed Stone Documenting a Gift of Land, Unknown, 721 BCE - 711 BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Divine Seal, Unknown, 9th - 7th century BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Victory Stele of King Esarhaddon, Unknown, 671 BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Monumental sculpture of a raptor, Unknown, 900 BCE - 850 BCE, From the collection of: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Bib Old T Moses Wilderness Golden Calf, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection

Section of Yamantaka Thanka (memorial), Tibet, 18th c., From the collection of: State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony, Dresden State Art Collections

Piedra del Sol, unknown, 1250/1500, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Owl Standing, Anterior View, George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British, 1795 to 1806, From the collection of: Yale Center for British Art

The Throne of Grand Mogul Aurengzeb, Johann Melchior Dinglinger (design), 1701 - 1708, From the collection of: Green Vault, Dresden State Art Museums

Centaur mosaic from the Villa Hadriana, Unknown, 120/130, From the collection of: Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Mummy coffin of Djedmontefanch, From the collection of: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Sun mask with facial features of August II (the Strong) as Apollo, the Sun God, Johann Melchior Dinglinger, 1709, From the collection of: Armoury, Dresden State Art Collections

Grave-board of Nechtefmut, Unknown, -0900/-0712, From the collection of: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Xólotl, unknown, 1325/1521, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Stela for Imen-hetep, Unknown, 1314 BC - 1304 BC, From the collection of: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Anthropoid Coffin, ca. 750 B.C., From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Piedra del Ex Arzobispado, unknown, 1440/1481, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Teocalli de la guerra sagrada, unknown, 1325/1521, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

Caja de Tizapán Figurilla Chalchiuhtlicue, unknown, 1250/1500, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México

NANDI STATUE, Unknown, 13th century, From the collection of: Museum Nasional Indonesia

HARIHARA STATUE, Unknown, 8th - 9th century, From the collection of: Museum Nasional Indonesia

Dogu (Clay Figurine), Jomon period, 1000 - 400 BC, From the collection of: Tokyo National Museum

Amulet, Unknown, -1070/-0525, From the collection of: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Lord Shiva dancing, Unknown, 1700 AD - 1800 AD, From the collection of: National Museum - New Delhi

Gajendra Moksha, Unknown, 1750 AD - 1770 AD, From the collection of: National Museum - New Delhi

Bhairon Dev, Unknown, 1900 AD, From the collection of: National Museum - New Delhi

Gold Seal of Emperor Wen, Unknown, ca.205 B.C. - 24 A.D., From the collection of: Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King

Shaman‘s Table, Culture Jama-Coaque, 500 B.C. - 1530, From the collection of: Museo Casa del Alabado

Statuette, Unknown, 11th-12th century, From the collection of: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a scene of sacrifice of captive warriors and presentation of the cup to the main gods ML010847, Moche style, 1 AD - 800 AD, From the collection of: Museo Larco

Trundholm Sun Chariot, Unknown, From the collection of: National Museum of Denmark

Appliqué in the shape of an anthropomorphous face, Tierradentro, Upper Magdalena Region - Middle Period, -200/900, From the collection of: Museo del Oro, Bogotá

Tangendorf disc brooch, Foto: AMH, Roman Iron Age, From the collection of: Hamburg Archaeological Museum

Mini Gold Mask, Late Shang Dynasty, 1100 B.C. - The Western Zhou Dynasty, 771 B.C., From the collection of: Jinsha Site Museum

Eagle brooche (aquiliform fibulae), First third of the 6th century, From the collection of: Museo Arqueológico Nacional

Lying feline - Culture Djenné, Unknown, 11th century-15 th century, From the collection of: Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso - Universidad de Valladolid

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This user gallery has been created by an independent third party and may not represent the views of the institutions whose collections include the featured works or of Google Arts & Culture.

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Yale Center for British Art

Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

National Museum of Denmark

MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima

The Walters Art Museum

Museo Larco

Museo Casa del Alabado

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

National Museum - New Delhi

Jinsha Site Museum

Fundación Alberto Jiménez-Arellano Alonso - Universidad de Valladolid