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Coin of Aethelred II
Silver coin depicting the English king Aethelred II The Unready (r. 978-1016).
The British Museum, London.
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Erminia and the Shepherd Tapestry
Designed c. 1689-1693 CE by Domenico Paradisi on commission by Cardinal Ottoboni, this tapestry depicts Erminia and the Shepherd. It is one of a series of tapestries from Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered...
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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...
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Assyrian Gardens
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)
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Ptolemaic Trade Networks in the Late 1st Century BCE
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...
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Brennus
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.
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The Sack of Rome, 390 BCE
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.
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Michael IV the Paphlagonian in Bulgaria
Michael Iv the Paphlagonian and his men in front of a Bulgarian barricade.
Madrid Skylitzes, late 11th century CE
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The Wedding of Empress Zoe and Michael IV the Paphlagonian
The Wedding of Empress Zoe and Michael IV the Paphlagonian.
History of John Skylitzes, Skyllitzes Matritensis, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid.
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Map of Ancient Egypt, 1746 CE
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...
