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According to some intepretations this temple relief sculpture represents the five Pandavas of Hindu mythology and Draupadi, one of their wives. The heroes of the epic Mahabharata are here shown (left to right): Bhima, Arjuna, Yudisthira...

A gilded bronze statuette of the Egyptian goddess of war Neith. 664-332 BCE. Louvre Museum, Paris.

Aegis of Neith, the Egyptian goddess of war. Gilded bronze, XXVI Dynasty, c. 664-525 BCE. (Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon)

A stone statue representing the Celtic goddess Epona with two horses, an animal she was often associated with. 200 CE. (Historic Museum of Bern)

A modern scale model of what the 4th century BCE Mausoleum at Halicarnassus may have looked like, one of the Seven Wonders of the world. (Miniatuk, Istanbul)

Two coins depicting the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Alexandrian mint, 2nd century CE.

A coin from the reign of Hadrian depicting the staute of Zeus at Olympia, on of the Seven Wonders of the World. 117-138 CE. (National Archaeological Museum, Florence)

An 19th century CE illustration of what the 5th century BCE statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, may have looked like.

Ram-headed Amun-Ra from ancient Egypt. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

A fresco depicting Greek historian Diodurus Siculus. c, 800. (Biblioteca di Agira).