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Silver coin depicting Emperor Postumus (260-269 CE), minted in Cologne. British Museum, London.

This map depicts the territories under Julius Caesar and Roman Senate in the wake of the outbreak of Caesar's Civil War in 49 BCE in the Roman Republic. Caesar crossed the Rubicon and marched on Rome while Pompey, supported by the Senate...

Egyptian wooden warrior figures from the tomb of Mesehti, 11th Dynasty. (Egyptian Museum, Cairo)

Reed arrow shafts, c. 80 cm long. From Asyut, Egypt, 6th Dynasty. The British Museum, London.

Flat, ornamental axe-head with original wooden haft and black leather binding. It is certainly non-functional. From Thebes, Egypt, c. 1550-1285 BCE. British Museum, London.

Arsenical copper axe-head, dating to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. It has nine binding-holes, three in each tang. Traces of the original wooden haft survive and the remains of some organic material are preserved in the corrosion product on...

Tlaltecuhtli, the earth-fertility goddess, represented as a toad supporting the corner of a pyramid platform at El Tajin.

A stone sculpture representing Tlaltecuhtli, the Aztec earth-fertility goddess. Excavated in the Templo Mayor area of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)

A Roman marble head of Ares, god of war. Roman copy from a 4th century BCE Greek bronze original by Alkamenes. Centrale Montemartini, Rome.

The Mesoamerican god Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli or 'Dawn Lord' who represented the planet Venus, especially as the morning star. From the 16th century CE Codex Telleriano-Remensis