Featured Artifacts
The Narmer Palette
circa 3200-3000 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
The Standard of Ur
circa 2600 BCE. British Museum, London.
Human-headed winged lion (lamassu) - Neo-Assyrian
circa 883-859 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Glass face bead - Phoenician or Carthaginian
circa 3rd - 4th century BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Persian Roundel
circa 550-330 BCE, Museum of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
The Rosetta Stone
196 BCE, The British Museum, London.
Museum Collections Online
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The British Museum
You can browse the complete collection of the British Museum online, including objects not on display, simply type in the region or civilization you are interested in. -
The Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum has an excellent collection of Egyptian artifacts, as well as a collection of Assyrian artifacts. -
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Use this link to virtually tour the museum which houses artifacts from Israel, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. -
The Louvre
You can search the Louvre collections or browse created collections. When searching, use the French spellings: Egypte (Egypt), Assyrie (Assyria), Perse (Persia), Syrie (Syria). -
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
You can preview the collections of the Met through this link. Check out the Ancient Near Eastern Collection or the Egyptian Collection. -
The Penn Museum
This site allows you to view objects on display in the galleries. Check out the Sphinx, Canaan and Israel, Middle East, and Classical World galleries. -
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
This museum houses the Near Eastern and Egyptian collections of the Netherlands.