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The water channel of the Pont del Diable aqueduct, Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. Built in the 1st century CE it is 217 m long and 27 m high.

The Pont del Diable aqueduct, Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. Also known as the Ferreres Bridge, it was built in the 1st century CE it is 217 m long and 27 m high.

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 2nd century CE, Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain (Archaological Museum, Segunto)

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 2nd century CE, from Arausio (Orange), France. (Archaeological Museum, Orange)

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 1st century CE, urban quarter of Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona).

A terracotta ground water filter, in situ. 3rd century BCE, Greek Empuries (Emporion or Emporiae), Spain.

A Roman mosaic emblemata depicting Medusa. 2nd-3rd century CE, Tarraco (modern Tarragona), Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona)

Various amphorae excavated at Roman Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. 1st century BCE to 6th century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona)

Celestial Musician (Gandharva), Western Chalukyan period, 11th century CE, India (Karnataka, possibly Dharwar). (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A scene depicting the two opposing armies of the Pandavas and the Kauravas (left) in the Kurukshetra War of the epic Mahabharata. (1700 CE watercolour, Mewar, India)