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The Battle of the Gods and Goddesses and the Giants
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

The Battle of the Gods and Goddesses and the Giants

This is the so-called "Silahtarağa Statuary Group". The remains came to light during excavations for the foundations of a building on the road between the quarter Eyub and Alibeykoy near the Golden Horn. Between 1949-1950 many fragments of...
Bayeux Tapestry: Detail from Battle of Hastings
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Bayeux Tapestry: Detail from Battle of Hastings

This detail from Bayeux Tapestry depicts Bishop Odo of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror, rallying the troops at the Battle of Hastings. The tapestry is believed to date to the eleventh century CE. As can be seen, the artifact...
Egyptian Mummy
Image by Justin Chay

Egyptian Mummy

An Egyptian mummy displayed in Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta. The mummy is that of a man who lived during the Old Kingdom period of Egypt, in c. 2300 BCE. The mummy was discovered by Emory theology professor William...
Haniwa in the Form of a Man
Image by Justin Chay

Haniwa in the Form of a Man

Haniwa from the Kofun period of Japan (250-538 CE), as displayed in the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.
Templo de Debod
Image by Justin Chay

Templo de Debod

The Templo de Debod is an ancient Egyptian temple (c. 200 BCE) reconstructed in Madrid. The temple was a gift from the Egyptian government to Spain in gratitude for the Spanish UNESCO workers who saved the Abu Simbel temples from the rising...
Entrance to the Ksar of Aït Benhaddou
Image by Justin Chay

Entrance to the Ksar of Aït Benhaddou

The ksar (or fortified village) of Aït Benhaddou in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco, is an example of pre-Saharan earthen construction techniques. While these techniques are ancient, the oldest currently standing structures date to the 17th...
Ksar of Aït Benhaddou
Image by Justin Chay

Ksar of Aït Benhaddou

The ksar (or fortified village) of Aït Benhaddou in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco, is an example of pre-Saharan earthen construction techniques. While these techniques are ancient, the oldest currently standing structures date to the 17th...
Hellenistic Palace Qasr Al-Abd
Image by Carole Raddato

Hellenistic Palace Qasr Al-Abd

Qasr Al-Abd is a Hellenistic palace dating from approximately 200 BCE whose ruins stand in western Jordan, approximately 17 kilometers west of Amman. It is a two-story stone structure (measuring about 40 meters by 20 meters, and 13 meters...
Tropaeum Traiani (Trajan’s Trophy)
Image by Carole Raddato

Tropaeum Traiani (Trajan’s Trophy)

The Tropaeum Traiani is a triumphal monument built in 109 CE in then Moesia Inferior (present-day Romania) to commemorate Trajan’s victory over the Dacians in 102 CE, in the Battle of Tapae. By the 20th century CE, the monument was reduced...
South View From Dover Castle
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South View From Dover Castle

The view south from the keep of Dover Castle. The castle was first built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century CE and it was then extensively rebuilt with new walls and a keep added by Henry II (r. 1154-1189 CE). The Saxon church of...
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