The Metropolitan Museum, New York (link) 1. Scene of weaving/ Lekythos, ca. 550-530 B.C.; Archaic, black-figure/ Attributed to the Amasis Painter/ Terracotta; H. 6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm)/ Fletcher Fund, 1931 (31.11.10)*

The British Museum, London (link) 1. Marble Bust of Homer/ Height: 22.500 inches/ Townley Collection/ GR 1805.7-3.85 (Sculpture 1825)/ Room 22: Alexander the Great

2. Steatite seals from the Indus Valley/ From Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, modern Pakistan, around 2600 to 1900 BC/ Gift of the Director-General of Archaeology, India/ Asia OA 1912.6-29.1;Asia OA 1912.5-7.1;Asia OA 1947.4-16.2, 4, 5, 8/ Room 33: Asia

3. Silver tetradrachm of Lysimachus from the British Museum/ Greek, 305-281 BC/ From the Mint of Lampsakos (modern Lapseki, Turkey)/ Diameter: 30.000 mm/ Weight: 17.250 g/ CM 1919-8-20-1/ Room 22: Alexander the Great *

4. Calyx-krater (wine bowl)/ Identified in the eighteenth century as the 'Apotheosis of Homer'/ Greek, about 440 BC, attributed to an artist working in the manner of the Peleus Painter/ Made in Athens, Greece; found in the river Gela, Sicily/ Hamilton Collection/ GR 1772.3-20.26 (Vase E 460)/ Enlightenment: Classification

5. Pottery stemmed bowl decorated with a procession of riders in chariots/ A 'Chariot Krater'/ Mycenaean, about 1400-1300 BC/ From Maroni, Cyprus/ Height: 42.000 cm/ GR 1911.4-28.1/ Room 12b: Greece: Mycenaeans

6. Painted plaques/ The Judgement of Paris?/ Etruscan, about 560-550 BC Found in the Banditaccia cemetery near Cerveteri (Lazio, Italy)/ Height: 98.000 cm/ Width: 56.000 cm/ Excavated by Professor W. Helbig/ GR 1889.4-10.1 (Paintings 5a);GR 1889.4-10.2 (Paintings 5b);GR 1889.4-10.3 (Paintings 5c);GR 1889.4-10.4 (Paintings 5d);GR 1889.4-10.5 (Paintings 5e)/ Room 71: Etruscan world

7. White-ground jug, attributed to the Brygos Painter/ Greek, around 490 BC/ Made in Athens, Greece; said to be from Locri, Calabria, southern Italy/ Height: 21.500 cm/ GR 1873.8-20.304 (Vases D 13)/ Room 69: Greek and Roman life **

8. Carnelian seal with a man driving a chariot/ Minoan, about 1450-1300 BC/ From Knossos, Crete/ Length: 3.300 cm/ Width: 2.100 cm/ Gift of Sir A.W. Franks/ GR 1880.4-28.1 (Gems 39)/ Room 12a: Greece Minoans **

* also used in the Troy movies on this website
** used only in the Troy movies on this website

Eric Shanower, Sean O'Neill, Jürgen Seeher and Sharanya Iyer are thanked for permission to use their images, for which they retain exclusive rights (see interactive captions). Eric Shanower is also thanked for allowing use of his personal dvd footage of the Trojan plain and beach, for the Troy I movie.