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The Gayer-Anderson Cat
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The Gayer-Anderson Cat

Hollow cast bronze statue depicting a seated cat wearing golden earrings, a nose ring and a silver wedjat (Eye of Horus) pectoral. Possibly from Saqqara, Egypt, c. 600 BCE. Bequest of Major Robert Gayer-Anderson, 1939. The British Museum...
Ancient Greek Silver coins
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Ancient Greek Silver coins

Top row (L to R): - Silver drachm from Corcyra (Corfu), 229-48 BCE. O: Head of Dione. R: Pegasus. - Silver didrachm from Rhodes, Caria, 304-166 BCE. O: Head of Helios. R: Rose. - Silver stater from Calymna, Caria, 600-550 BCE. O: Male...
Ancient Greek Coins
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Ancient Greek Coins

Top row (L to R): Thera (c. 500 BCE) - Silver stater, two dolphins. Delos (6th century BCE) - Silver drachm, lyre. Siphnos (540-500 BCE) - Silver stater, eagle. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Museum, Kerkyra, Corfu) Bottom row (L to R...
Greek Silver Coins
Image by Mark Cartwright

Greek Silver Coins

Top row (L to R): Poseidonia (520 BCE) - Silver stater, Poseidon with trident. Corinth (525-500 BCE) - Silver stater, incuse square of swastika design. Syracuse (c. 400 BCE) - Silver decadrachm, quadriga with Nike crowning a charioteer...
Greek Coins
Image by Mark Cartwright

Greek Coins

Top row (L to R): Cos (300-190 BCE) Silver tetradrachm, crab. Syracuse (c. 400 BCE) - Silver decadrachm, head of Arethousa with dolphins. Macedon (306-283 BCE) - Silver tetradrachm, Poseidon with trident. Bottom row (L to R): Euboea...
Diadochi Satraps 323 BCE
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Diadochi Satraps 323 BCE

The Diadochi satraps following the agreement made in Babylon in 323 BCE.
Battle of Actium 31 BCE
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Battle of Actium 31 BCE

The positions of Octavian and Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE.
Hannibal Riding a War Elephant
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Hannibal Riding a War Elephant

An artist's impression of how Carthaginian general Hannibal may have appeared riding a war elephant.
Expansion of the Aztec Empire
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Expansion of the Aztec Empire

A map illustrating the various stages of Aztec expansion under successive rulers in the 15th and early 16th centuries CE.
Ahuitzotl Name Glyph
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Ahuitzotl Name Glyph

The name glyph of Aztec ruler Ahuitzotl (1486-1502 CE). The image is of an Aztec mythical hyper-aggressive otter that lived at the bottom of a lake and ruthlessly preyed on any creature which approached the lake’s banks. The creature, often...
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