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Statue of Cornelia Antonia from Antioch of Pisidia
The woman, whose name was inscribed on the plinth as Cornelia Antonia, wears a long and voluminous chiton with a large himation, covering the entire body and falling down onto the plinth. Although the...
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The Battle of the Gods and Goddesses and the Giants
This is the so-called "Silahtarağa Statuary Group". The remains came to light during excavations for the foundations of a building on the road between the quarter Eyub and Alibeykoy near the Golden...
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Bayeux Tapestry: Detail from Battle of Hastings
This detail from Bayeux Tapestry depicts Bishop Odo of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror, rallying the troops at the Battle of Hastings. The tapestry is believed to date to the eleventh century...
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Egyptian Mummy
An Egyptian mummy displayed in Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta. The mummy is that of a man who lived during the Old Kingdom period of Egypt, in c. 2300 BCE. The mummy was discovered by Emory theology professor...
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Haniwa in the Form of a Man
Haniwa from the Kofun period of Japan (250-538 CE), as displayed in the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.
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Templo de Debod
The Templo de Debod is an ancient Egyptian temple (c. 200 BCE) reconstructed in Madrid. The temple was a gift from the Egyptian government to Spain in gratitude for the Spanish UNESCO workers who saved the Abu Simbel temples from...
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Entrance to the Ksar of Aït Benhaddou
The ksar (or fortified village) of Aït Benhaddou in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco, is an example of pre-Saharan earthen construction techniques. While these techniques are ancient, the oldest currently standing...
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Ksar of Aït Benhaddou
The ksar (or fortified village) of Aït Benhaddou in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco, is an example of pre-Saharan earthen construction techniques. While these techniques are ancient, the oldest currently standing structures...
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Hellenistic Palace Qasr Al-Abd
Qasr Al-Abd is a Hellenistic palace dating from approximately 200 BCE whose ruins stand in western Jordan, approximately 17 kilometers west of Amman. It is a two-story stone structure (measuring about 40 meters by...
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Tropaeum Traiani (Trajan’s Trophy)
The Tropaeum Traiani is a triumphal monument built in 109 CE in then Moesia Inferior (present-day Romania) to commemorate Trajan’s victory over the Dacians in 102 CE, in the Battle of Tapae. By the 20th century...
