Iron pillar of delhi: Did you mean...?

Abacus of an Ashokan Pillar. Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 3rd century BCE.

This pillar support comes from the Buddhist caves at Xiangtangshan, Hebei Province, China and is shaped like a kneeling demon. It is made of limestone and dates from the era of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-557 CE). (Royal Ontario Museum...

Pompey's Pillar, constructed 298-302 CE, Alexandria, Egypt.

Göbekli Tepe is the world's oldest example of monumental architecture; a 'temple' built at the end of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years ago. It was discovered in 1995 CE when, just a short distance from the city of Şanliurfa in Southeast Turkey...

Asherah is a Hebrew word for what was either a goddess or a cultic object or perhaps both. Although many see evidence for Asherah being an individual goddess known to the Israelites, some scholars believe that the context of the word primarily...

A 3rd century BCE Brahmi inscription incised on a fragment of one of the Ashokan Pillars. This piece is currently kept at the British Museum.

Columbarium, excavated in 1840 CE, on strip of land between Via Latina and Via Appia.

Zorats Church is a church built on a hill overlooking the Yeghegis River in present-day Armenia. The church was built in the early 14th century CE and dedicated by Bishop Stepanos Tarsayitch who was a grandson of an Orbelian prince. Armenia...

Geghard Monastery in Armenia contains a number of churches, altars, and tombs, most of which are cut into rock. The monastery is widely considered the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. It was founded at some point in the 4th century...

This first episode in this BBC series examines the religious, political, economic and social lives of the Celts.