Images

The Wedding of Empress Zoe and Michael IV the Paphlagonian. History of John Skylitzes, Skyllitzes Matritensis, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid.

This map of Egypt with information from ancient times is labeled in Latin. It shows the course of the Nile from Ancient Ethiopia and Philae all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. Place names from Hellenistic times appear...

This is a terracotta oil lamp with orange clay and dull orange slip. It features a hollow handle in the form of a gorgon's head. This is a decorative example of the type of oil lamp that was used to light one’s home. 2nd century...

This piece is a fragment of cartonnage, or heavy layered papyrus and plaster, used in the process of mummification. The decorative and colorful scene depicts a baboon, in the ceremonial weighing of the heart. 1500-1000...

Traveling Classroom History Exhibit provided by the History in Your Hands Foundation.

This pottery bowl comes from Casas Grandes (also known as "Paquimé"), which is located in what's present-day Chihuahua, Mexico. It is made from clay and dates to c. 1250-1400 CE. Casas Grandes was one...

A silver tetradrachm from the reign of Alexander the Great (336-323 BCE) showing the statue of Zeus at Olympia (dedicated c. 430 BCE). (Corfu Bank Museum, Corfu)

The statue in the Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg which imitates the now lost statue of Zeus at Olympia (dedicated c. 430 BCE), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

A 15th century CE manuscript illustration depicting the siege of Damascus in 1148 CE during the Second Crusade (1147-1149 CE). (Chronique d'Ernoul et de Bernard le Trésorier, British Library, London)

A statue of the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (630-655 CE). A well-renowned warrior, (Mamalla or Mahamalla/Mahabali), one of his significant military victories was the defeat of the Vatapi Chalukya king Pulakeshin II in...