Images

The mandapa or columned hall of the Amritheswara temple in Amrithapura, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka state, India.

A makara, the decorative sea-monster motif common in Hindu architecture, especially, as here, above doorways. Cambodia, 1st-7th century. Musée Guimet, Paris.

A Kirtimukha from Kathmandu, Nepal, a decorative lion or monster motif with the lower jaw missing, typically placed over doorways in Hindu architecture.

An illustration indicating the original design of the Konark Sun Temple in Orissa, India. 13th century CE.

The garbhagriha (garbha grha) inner sanctum of a Shiva temple at Pattadakal.

An artist's impression of what an ancient riot may have looked like such as were under the jurisdiction of the cohortes urbanae to control in ancient Rome.

An artist's impression of what a night attack on a Roman guard post may have looked like.

A modern statue in Thessaloniki depicting the Greek mathematician and astronomer Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310 - c. 230 BCE).

A marble relief depicting the Greek philosopher Anaximander of Miletus (c 610 - c 546 BCE). Roman copy of a Greek original. (Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome)

A 17th century CE oil painting by Jan van Dalen depicting the Roman god of wine Bacchus. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)