Images

A detail of a Roman mosaic showing fish. Tarraco, 3rd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain)

A bronze portrait of a woman, Roman, 1st century CE, Emporiae. (Archaeological Museum, Empuries, Spain)

A section of the remaining walls of the castra praetoria, the camp in Rome for the Praetorian Guard from 23 CE.

A marble sculpture depicting a Roman Praetorian Guard. 2nd century CE, from a monumental arch honouring Trajan. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)

A modern sculpture by Shinnya Nakamura depicting Cunda and his 15 friends, the boy who gave the Buddha his last meal. (Image used by permission of Shinnyo-en, Tachikawa, Japan)

A Neolithic/Bronze Age dolmen at Gochang, Korea.

A Neolithic/Bronze Age dolmen at Gochang, Korea.

A map showing the political geography of Korea during the Later Three Kingdoms period (889-935 CE).

A mural from the tomb of Li Xian depicting Korean ambassadors visiting the court of Tang China. 706 CE.

A ceramic oil lamp from the Silla kingdom of ancient Korea. 5-6th century CE. (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA)