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Prehistoric Zorats Karer
Zorats Karer in present-day Armenia is a prehistoric site, teeming with burials and standing stones (or "menhirs"). In total, there are 223 stones on the site.

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Aetia by Callimachus
A 2nd-century CE papyrus of Callimachus' Aetia.
B.P. Grenfell & A.S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri: Part XI. (London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 1915), plate IV

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Buddhist Sculptures, Longmen Caves
Two figures carved from the rock face at the Longmen Caves, Fengxian temple near Luoyang, China. Dating to 675 CE the 17.4 metre high figures represent a Buddhist Heavenly King and demon guardian figure.

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The Emperor Ming Huang Travelling in Shu
One of the most famous of all Chinese landscape paintings, 'The Emperor Ming Huang Travelling in Shu'. Painted silk, a later copy of a Tang dynasty original of the 8th century CE. (Palace Museum, Taipei)

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An Audience with Taizong by Yan Liben
A 7th century CE court scene showing Emperor Taizong (r. 626-649 CE) receiving a Tibetan ambassador. By the famed Tang dynasty court painter Yan Liben (c. 600-673 CE).

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Fu Sheng by Wang Wei
An 8th century CE portrait of the 3rd-2nd century BCE Confucian scholar Fu Sheng by the famed Tang dynasty portrait painter and poet Wang Wei (699-759 CE). (Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Japan)

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Front View of Garni Temple in Armenia
Built in in Ionic style around 77 CE, the Temple of Garni is the masterpiece of King Tiridates I of Armenia (r. 52-58, 62-88 CE). It remains a potent symbol of Armenia's deep historic ties to the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome.

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Tang Empire & Neighbouring States
A map indicating the extent of the Tang empire (618-907 CE) and its neighbouring states and tribes people.

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Wuzong of Tang
A mid-9th century CE portrait of Chinese emperor Wuzong of Tang (r. 840-846 CE).

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Silver Denarius Depicting Legionary Eagle
Silver denarius depicting Victory on one side and a Roman legionary standard topped with an eagle on the other. Minted in Massalia, 82 BCE.