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Susanoo & the Koshi Dragon
The Shinto god Susanoo searching the waters for the eight-headed dragon known as Yamato-no-Orochi or the Koshi. (19th century CE print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)
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Amaterasu Emerging From Exile
An 1857 CE print by Utagawa Toyokuni III showing the sun goddess Amaterasu, the most important deity of the Japanese Shinto religion. Here she emerges from self-exile in a cave. The figure on the right is most probably the god Ame-no-tajikara-wo...
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Model of Hisham's Palace
A model of Hisham's Palace at Khirbat Al Mafjar, near Jericho, c. 734 CE.
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Ornate Window, Hisham's Palace
An ornate stone window from Hisham's Palace at Khirbat Al Mafjar near Jericho, c. 734 CE.
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Roman Theatre, Thugga
The Roman theatre at Thugga (Dougga) in modern Tunisia, c. 168 CE.
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Capitolium, Thugga
The Capitolium temple at Thugga (Dougga) in modern Tunisia, c. 166 CE.
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Southern Egypt/Nubia Map
A map indicating the location of the city of Faras, founded in 2040-1750 BCE and later a capital of Christian Nubia.
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Bird Frieze, Faras
A 7th century CE bird frieze from a cathedral at Faras, southern Egypt/northern Kush. (National Museum, Warsaw)
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Ruins of Aytap
The ruins of Aytap (Iotape) in Cilicia, Anatolia. The city was founded by Antiochus IV of Commagene in 52 CE.
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Parmenides of Elea
The Greek philosopher Parmenides of Elea (c. 485 BCE) from Raphael's 'School of Athens' fresco, 1511 CE. (Vatican, Rome)
