Images

A Salado polychrome jar, typical of the Salado Culture style of decoration. 1340-1450 CE, Arizona- New Mexico, USA.

Chartres Cathedral, France. Constructed between 1194 and 1220 CE.

Illuminated manuscript most likely produced in Ireland during the 8th century CE, 268 pages, 29.5 × 22.5 cm. Stiftsbibliothek St.Gallen

A map of the Roman Forum or Forum Romanum in Rome.

This Isidor fragment from the middle of the 7th century CE shows how the Irish introduced capital letters at the beginnings of paragraphs, the separation of words from each other, and interpunction into writing; all innovations we still use...

Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland.

A panoramic view of the ruins of Homolovi, an area of Ancestral Puebloan Culture settlement from c. 1300-1400 CE. Homolovi State Park, Arizona, USA.

An excavated room from Homolovi, an area of Ancestral Puebloan Culture settlement from c. 1300-1400 CE. Homolovi State Park, Arizona, USA.

The Return of the Crusader by Karl Friedrich Lessing, 1808–1880 CE. (Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Germany)

These are the ruins of the so-called "North Palace" of Nebuchadnezzar II at the ancient city of Babylon. Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 6th century BCE.