Ancient Art Highlights

The collection of art from the ancient Mediterranean world comprises over 13,000 objects from the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome. The collection is also known for its important finds from Yale’s excavations in the 1920s and 30s at Dura-Europos (in present-day Syria) and at Gerasa (now Jerash, Jordan).

Herakles and the Nemean Lion
Shrine to the God Mithras (Mithraeum)
Arsu Riding a Camel
Portrait of the Emperor Commodus as a Boy
Mosaic Floor with Views of Alexandria and Memphis
Globular Bowl
Portrait of a Bearded Man
Lion Relief from the Processional Way
Sphinx
Scutum (Shield)
Ceiling Tile with Heliodoros, an Actuarius
Red-figure Calyx Krater; A: Nike and Poseidon; B: Woman and Old Man