Images

A map of East Asia showing China, Korea and Japan.

A Roman two-handled glass vessel. 4th century CE, from the Necropolis de l'Avinguda de la Constitucio, Valencia. (Archaeological Museum, Valencia, Spain)

The remains of the furnace which heated the private baths at the Roman villa of Els Munts, Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain). 1st century CE.

A large water reservoir from the Roman Villa of Els Munts, Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain). 1st century CE.

The remains of a large water reservoir at the Villa of Els Munts, Tarraco. 1st century CE. (Tarragona, Spain).

A Roman floor mosaic with geometrical designs and swastikas. 2nd-3rd century CE, Tarraco. (Archaeological Museum of Tarragon, Spain)

A Roman mosaic of Thalia, Muse of comedy. 2nd century CE, Tarraco. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

A Roman mosaic of the Titan Mnemosyne (Memory), mother of the nine Muses. 2nd century CE, Tarraco. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

A Roman mosaic of Euterpe, the Muse of lyric poetry, from Tarraco. 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

Partially reconstructed tabernae (shops) in the Roman Forum of Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain). The Forum was in use from the 1st to 4th century CE.