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The Three Estates of Pre-revolutionary France
The Three Estates of pre-revolutionary France were the hierarchical social divisions that structured society under the Ancien Régime (French for "Old Regime," a term coined after the French Revolution to describe the pre-revolutionary system...

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The Three Graces, Louvre
Marble statue of the Three Graces dancing in a circle. 2nd century CE Roman copy of a Greek statue of the 2nd century BCE with Rennaisance era restorations. Found in the Villa Cornovaglia in Rome. Louvre Museum, Paris.

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1598 Map of the Three Arctic Voyages (1594–1596) by Willem Barentsz
1598 Map of the Three Arctic Voyages (1594–1596) by Willem Barentsz. Spitsbergen (now Svalbard) is mapped for the first time and indicated as "Het Nieuwe Land" (Dutch for "the New Land"), centre-left.

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The Three Fates
The Three Fates, oil on canvas by Paul Thumann, 19th century.

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The Book of the Three Virtues
Illustration from Christine de Pizan's The Book of the Three Virtues (1405 CE). Boston Public Library.

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Three Graces Relief, Piraeus
A marble relief plaque showing the Three Graces. Copy of a c. 470 BCE original by Sokrates the Boetian sculptor. (Archaeological Museum, Piraeus)

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Mosaic of the Three Graces
Mosaic of the Three Graces from Caesarea in Mauretania (modern-day Cherchell in Algeria). Dated to the 4th century CE.
Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria.

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Relief with the Three Graces
Relief from the Sebasteion of Aphrodisias depicting the Three Graces in a typical Hellenistic style. The Sebasteion is a monumental complex dedicated to Aphrodite and the Julio-Claudian emperors in the 1st century CE. Aphrodisias Museum...

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Three Pieces of the Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism (also known as the Antikythera Device), dated to the late 2nd century/early 1st century BCE (roughly 205-60 BCE) is understood as the world's first analogue computer.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

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Bulguksa Temple
The Bulguksa Temple (aka Pulguk-sa Temple or 'Temple of the Buddha Land') was built in the 8th century CE on the wooded slopes of Mt. Tohamsan at the ancient Silla capital of Geumseong (modern Gyeongju, South Korea). The Buddhist temple...