Images

A Japanese iron plates and leather tanko cuirass. Nagatoronishi Tumulus, Takasaki-shi, Gunma. Kofun Period, 5th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A detail of an inlaid iron sword. From Eta Funayama Tumulus, Nagomi-machi, Tamana-gun, Kumamoto, Japan. Kofun Period, 5th-6th century CE. National Treasure. Tokyo National Museum.

A warrior sekijin or tomb marker. Iwatoyama Tumulus, Yoshida, Fukuoka, Japan. Kofun Period, 6th century CE. Important Cultural Property. (Tokyo National Museum).

A depiction by artist Kikuchi Yosai of Fujiwara no Yoshifusa (804-872 CE), member of the powerful Fujiwara clan and the first Japanese regent not of royal blood.

A 16th century CE silk scroll depicting Fujiwara no Kamatari (614-669 CE) and his two sons, the founder of the powerful Fujiwara clan which dominated Japanese government during the Heian Period (794-1185 CE). (Los Angeles County Museum of...

Tomb of Menna at Thebes, 18th Dynasty.

Papyrus Anastasi VII; sheet 1, New Kingdom copy of the Satire of the Trades.

A 17th century CE artist's rendition of David inscribing one of his famous psalms. By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino).

An image of the ancient manuscript of the Gospel of John known as P52, or Papyrus 52. This is currently not only the oldest known manuscript of the Gospel of John, but the earliest known manuscript of the entire New Testament in general...

This is an image of the city gate of the ancient Judean and fortified city known as Khirbet Qeiyafa, primarily excavated by Sa'ar Ganor and Yosef Garfinkel. 11th-8th century BCE.