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Child's woolen tunic, dyed in purple, red-brown, and green, with decorative fringes, from Egypt, c. 600-900. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Made in Byzantine Egypt between 580-640 CE, this wood and iron spindle measures 34.2 x 8.1 cm overall, with the whorl measuring 2.7 x 8.1 cm.

This toy figure carved in bone dates to the 6th-9th century CE. Measures 60 x 26 x 7 mm. From an article by Alzahraa K. Ahmed, at https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/topical-essays/posts/family-and-children...

Medieval windows at Armenia's Tatev Monastery.

This memorial khachkar can be found at the medieval Tatev Monastery in Armenia.

Gregory of Tatev (1346-c. 1410 CE) or "Grigor Tatevatsi" was an Armenian philosopher, poet, theologian, and painter who was cannonized by the Armenian Apostolic Church. While he was an abbot at Tatev, he oversaw a flowering of learning and...

This is the high altar at the Church of St. Pogos and Petros at Tatev Monastery in Armenia. This church dates from the end of the 9th century CE.

This is the interior dome and arches of the Church of St. Pogos and Petros at Tatev Monastery in Armenia.

This is an Armenian column outside the Church of St. Pogos and Petros at Tatev Monastery in Armenia. This church was originally built c. 895-906 CE.

Originally established in the 4th century CE, Tatev Monastery, which is located on a large basalt plateau in Armenia's Syunik Province, flourished as a center of learning and culture during the Middle Ages.