This dog-shaped vessel was likely used for pouring wine, oil or blood in ancient rituals in what is now Italy. When it was made: 340 to 330 B.C. This terracotta cup was made to resemble the head of a ...

This terracotta cup was made to resemble the head of a Laconian hound, an extinct Greek hunting breed also known as a Spartan hound. Discovered in the "heel" of Italy's "boot," the rhyton — a kind of ...