Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient Life is a richly illustrated popular survey of the daily life, customs, arts, and institutions of the ancient world, compiled by L. W. Yaggy and T. L. Haines. The volume covers Egypt, Assyria, Greece, Rome, and other early civilizations, describing dress, architecture, religion, warfare, and domestic life.
Designed for general readers and self-education, the book gathers a vast amount of information about antiquity into an accessible and heavily illustrated form. It reflects the nineteenth-century appetite for instructive knowledge of the ancient past. While not a work of original scholarship, it remains a charming and informative compendium for readers interested in the material culture and everyday life of early civilizations and the popular study of antiquity.