Images

Reconstruction of the head of an adult male Homo heidelbergensis. It is on display in the Hall of Human Origins in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

A volcanic stone statue of the Mesoamerican wind god Ehecatl. He is wearing his typical duckbill mask. Aztec, 1300-1521 CE. (British Museum, London)

A 16th century CE engraving depicting Strabo, the Greek geographer and historian (c. 64 BCE - c. 24 CE). (Potraits from the Dibner Library of the History and Science of Technology)

A glass slipper. (Disneyland, California)

A statue of Ehecatl, the Mesoamerican god of the Winds. The eyes are of obsidian and he wears his typical beaked mask. Aztec, Late Postclassic period. (National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City)

The Temple of Ehecatl at Calixtlahuaca, Toluca Valley, Mexico. Ehecatl was the Mesoamerican god of the Winds. Postclassic Period.

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.