Images

An ornate stone window from Hisham's Palace at Khirbat Al Mafjar near Jericho, c. 734 CE.

The Roman theatre at Thugga (Dougga) in modern Tunisia, c. 168 CE.

The Capitolium temple at Thugga (Dougga) in modern Tunisia, c. 166 CE.

A map indicating the location of the city of Faras, founded in 2040-1750 BCE and later a capital of Christian Nubia.

A 7th century CE bird frieze from a cathedral at Faras, southern Egypt/northern Kush. (National Museum, Warsaw)

The ruins of Aytap (Iotape) in Cilicia, Anatolia. The city was founded by Antiochus IV of Commagene in 52 CE.

The Greek philosopher Parmenides of Elea (c. 485 BCE) from Raphael's 'School of Athens' fresco, 1511 CE. (Vatican, Rome)

A c. 1885 CE illustration of Izanami (left) and Izanagi (right) creating the islands of Japan with their spear.

The aqueduct and fortifications of ancient Trebizond (Trapezus), modern Trabzon, Turkey. 13th century CE.

A silver drachma coin from Trebizond (Trapezus), 4th century BCE. (British Museum, London)