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A Roman marble statue depicting the River god Arno (the river which runs through Florence). First half of the 2nd century CE, although the head is a Renaissance replacement. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a ziggurat, a standard feature of temple complexes in ancient Mesopotamia. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a cherub. These multi-headed beings appear in Abrahamic religions where they often function as attendant angels. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing an ancient aqueduct. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

The Missouri River. Photo taken by Hans Andersen in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA in 2004 from the vantage point of the The Meriwether Restaurant looking toward the north. The photo resonates in the line from the Cheyenne legend Old Woman's...

An 1883 oil on canvas, By the River at Vernon, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. Painted in late-afternoon light, the artist was keen to capture the effect of the reflections in the river. Monet applies paint...

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a typical scholar of the 17th to 18th centuries. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flowing from north to south into the Persian Gulf, and the Nile River flowing from south to north into the Mediterranean Sea.

The 8th November is celebrated as Archangels Day in Greece, but on that November day in 1977 CE something remarkable happened: an excavation team led by Professor Manolis Andronikos were roped down into the eerie gloom of an unlooted Macedonian-styled...

A painting by Antoine Borel (1743-1810) depicting Thetis dipping Achilles into the River Styx to make him immortal.