Images

An illustration by the 19th century CE artist Walter Crane depicting Sir Bedevere throwing King Arthur's sword Excalibur back into the lake from whence it came.

Modern reproduction of a medieval sword.

A manuscript of the second chapter of the ancient biblical book of Amos by a scribe in the 6th century CE copying a c. 750 BCE original. (University of Pennsylvania Library, USA)

A 19th century CE artist's impression of the prophet Amos looking over the wickedness of Israel in grief.

A 1765 CE print depicting the 11th century CE Japanese poetess Izumi Shikibu (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA)

A Jomon pottery vessel with the decorative style known as 'fire-flame'. Jomon Period, 3000-2000 BCE, Sasayama site, Niigata Prefecture. Japan. (Tokyo National Museum)

A poem of the Roman poet Horace on a wall of the building at Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Statue of Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BCE) in Venosa, Italy.

A glass bead bracelet from the Yayoi Period in Japan, 5th century BCE to 3rd century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A Jomon stone figurine or gangu. Komukai, Nanbu-cho, Aomori, Japan. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE. (Tokyo National Musuem)