Images

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 2nd century CE, Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain (Archaological Museum, Segunto)

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 2nd century CE, from Arausio (Orange), France. (Archaeological Museum, Orange)

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 1st century CE, urban quarter of Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona).

A terracotta ground water filter, in situ. 3rd century BCE, Greek Empuries (Emporion or Emporiae), Spain.

A Roman mosaic emblemata depicting Medusa. 2nd-3rd century CE, Tarraco (modern Tarragona), Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona)

Various amphorae excavated at Roman Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. 1st century BCE to 6th century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona)

Celestial Musician (Gandharva), Western Chalukyan period, 11th century CE, India (Karnataka, possibly Dharwar). (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A scene depicting the two opposing armies of the Pandavas and the Kauravas (left) in the Kurukshetra War of the epic Mahabharata. (1700 CE watercolour, Mewar, India)

Kunti leads the blindfolded Gandhari and a blind Dhritarashtra, parents of the 100 Kauravas, into exile in a scene from the Mahabharata. 16th century CE print by Dhanu.

Large scale terracotta sculpture depicting the Apollo of Veii (the Etruscan Aplu). From the roof of the Portonaccio Temple at Veii (Italy), around 510 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome)