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A fake coin made using a sand mold. The grainy texture of this coin make it obviously a sand-cast coin and not a genuine artifact.

A fake, die-struck coin of Pertinax. The metal of this coin looks genuine but the style is problematic. The eyes don't look like anything found on other, genuine ancient coins.

Painted by the famous painter Raphael in 1509-1511 as part of the commission for the Raphael Rooms in the Vatican.

A painting done in 1832 of the interior of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. Oil on canvas.

One of the most infamous instances of illegal looting, these treasures were smuggled from the archaeological site of Troy, in modern day Turkey, by the classical archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1873.

Top: Photo of treasure, likely taken by…

A panel from the Ara Pacis, or Alter of Peace, consecrated in 9 BCE by Augusus. This relief shows a female figure with two babies held to her breast and surrounded by other images of plenty.

Raphael here has depicted the council of the gods in which Jupiter decides to accept Psyche and Mercury gives her the drink of immortality.

Two statues compared

Left: Apollo and Artemis. Tondo of an Attic red-figure cup.
Right: Zeus sending forth Hermes and Iris

A medieval copy of an Etruscan wolf statue. The figure of Romulus and Remus were added in the 15th century AD by Antonio Pollaiuolo. This statue has become an iconic image of Rome, depicting the mythical beginnings of the city.