Images

A representation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the fabled gardens which possibly adorned the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, built by its greatest king Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605-562 BCE). By Ferdinand Knab...

A detail of a gypsum wall panel relief showing Assyrian gardens with architectural features. From the North Palace of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BCE) at Nineveh. (British Museum, London)

This map illustrates the trading networks which connected the Ptolemaic Kingdom to South Asia and East Africa by the second half of the 1st century BCE. During this time period, Ptolemaic Egypt was...

An artist's impression of Brennus, the Gallic war chief of the Senones (c. 360 BCE). From the computer game Total War: Rome II - Rise of the Republic by the Creative Assembly.

An artist's impression of what the sack of Rome in 390 BCE by the Gauls may have looked. From the computer game Total War: Rome II - Rise of the Republic by the Creative Assembly.

Michael Iv the Paphlagonian and his men in front of a Bulgarian barricade. Madrid Skylitzes, late 11th century CE

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...