Ancient Greek metalwork

statue of the Greek Titan Helios; one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

gold funeral mask discovered at the ancient Greek site of Mycenae

Orichalcum (or aurichalcum) or orichalc is a metal mentioned in several ancient writings, including the story of Atlantis in the Critias of Plato. Within the dialogue, Critias (460–403 BC) says that orichalcum had been considered second only to gold in value and had been found and mined in many parts of Atlantis in ancient times, but that by Critias's own time, orichalcum was known only by name.

thumb|Patera from Georgia (country)|Georgia, likely depicting [[Fortuna (2nd century AD, Georgian National Museum)]] In the material culture of classical antiquity, a patera () or phiale ( ) is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation (omphalos, "belly button") in the center underside to facilitate holding it, in which case it is sometimes called a mesomphalic phiale. It typically has no handles, and no feet.

Hellenistic Greek bronze sculpture of a sitting nude boxer at rest

Hellenistic bronze statue

artistic type

volute krater discovered in Greece

sculpture

archaeological tomb at Vix in Côte-d'Or (France)

Thracian hoard

Minoan artifact

set of Roman tableware

gilded bronze statues of Hercules at the Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy

statue on St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy

highly valuable metal alloy in classical antiquity

Thracian hoard

thumb|Bronze winged feminine figure, 590–580 BC. Archaeological Museum of Olympia A sphyrelaton ( for "hammer-elongated", plural: sphyrelata, σφυρήλατα) was a type of large archaic Greek bronze votive statues.

statue in Agde, France

16th-century BC royal cemetery in southern Greece

gold ornamental fibula

sculpture

thumb | right | Bowl made of Corinthium Bronze Hepatizon (Greek etymology: , English translation: "liver"), also known as black Corinthian bronze, was a highly valuable metal alloy in classical antiquity. It is thought to be an alloy of copper with the addition of a small proportion of gold and silver (perhaps as little as 8% of each), mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina, similar to the colour of liver. It is referred to in various ancient texts, but few known examples of hepatizon exist today.

ancient Greek silver phiale

ancient tunisian cuirass at the Bardo National Museum

copper statue from 1600 B.C. - 1450 B.C. Crete

antique bronze statue, Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany

gold goblet discovered in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann

Ancient crown