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A plaza for ceremonial gatherings and burial mound at the Nazca site of Cahuachi, southern Peru. The 40 mounds at the site are built on natural hilltops using earth and adobe-brick retaining walls. The site was used for burials and religious...

A burial mound at the Nazca site of Cahuachi, southern Peru. The 40 mounds at the site are built on natural hilltops using earth and adobe-brick retaining walls. The site was used for burials and religious ceremonies between 100 BCE and 550...

A collection of objects offered to Lake Guatavita by the Muisca tribe of ancient Colombia. Includes ceramic vessels and is now on display in British Museum, London.

The floor plan and illustration of the cella of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae. 420-400 BCE.

A frieze from the Temple of Apollo, Bassae, depicting a Greek fighting Amazons. 420-400 BCE. (British Museum, London)

The Temple of Apollo at Bassae, 420-400 BCE. Today the temple is protected by a permanent tent roofing.

The relief of Samothrace, c. 550 BCE. An inscription identifies a procession of Agamemnon, a herald, and Epeios (maker of the Trojan Horse). To the right is a griffin, now defaced. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

The temple of the Great Gods at their sanctuary on Samothrace. c. 340 BCE.

The Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE. The statue was dedicated to the Great Gods at the sanctuary on Samothrace. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

A ceramic representation of the Punic goddess Tanit. From the necropolis of Elvissa, Ibiza. 5th-3rd century BCE. (Museu d'Arqueología de Catalunya, Barcelona)