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Assyrian relief, from the Central Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Iraq. This is one of a series of panels that showed Tiglath-Pileser III's military campaigns in modern-day southern Iraq. On the left is a captured town, with...

These cuneifrom inscriptions describe some of the military campaigns of the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 744-727 BCE) and were probably first placed in a doorway of the Central Palace built by this King at Nimrud. Assyrian...

An 18th century CE miniature depicting a famous scene from the Mahabharata in which Draupadi is humiliated in the court of Duryodhan during the struggle for the control of Indraprastha.

A watercolur painting on cloth depicting Karna, leader of the Kauravas during the Kurukshetra war as recounted in the epic Mahabharata.

The places that are mentioned in the Ramayana. An interactive version of this map, where the events can be seen on mouseover, is at http://ani-basu.carto.com/viz/fc3a3582-693d-11e6-8680-0ee66e2c9693/public_map.

A reconstrcution of the girl known as Myrtis, who died from the plague which hit Athens 430-427 BCE. She was buried in the Kerameikos cemetery of the city.

The 1st century CE Roman theatre of Arausio (Orange, France) which once had a capacity of around 9,000 seats.

A gilded bronze Pushou door knob. 25.8 cm (634-907 CE). Excavated at the site of the Daming Palace, Xi'an, China in 1988 CE. Shaanxi History Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

Assyrian wall panel, from the Central Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, reused later in the South-West Palace, from the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III, c. 728 BCE. One of a series, it shows two disconnected scenes...

This detail depicts the deportation of the inhabitants of the city of Astartu (in modern-day Jordan Kingdom). The deported people are holding their personal belongings and are led by an Assyrian solider. The city was captured by the Assyrian...