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Stela of Sobekhotep
Sobekhotep , the scribe of a wine-cellar, appears three times with his wife. In the mirroring scenes at the top, they worship the gods of Osiris (left in the form of a mummy) and Anubis (right, Jackal-headed). In the next scene, they are...

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Kneeling Statue of Panehsy
Panehsy, a royal treasurer from Memphis under Ramesses II, holds a shrine containing Osiris (center), his wife Isis, and their son Horus. The text invokes these and other deities of Abydos and explains that the statue was placed in one of...

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Statue of General Hahibra
The shrine contains a figure of Osiris, the god of the dead. This statue stood in a temple at Sais, then capital of Egypt. The text on the back-pillar calls Wahibra an "overseer of access of foreign lands (who managed trade on Egypt's southern...

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Murex Brandaris
Examples of the Murex haustellum brandaris shellfish, one of the sources of Tyrian purple dye.

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Tyrian Purple Shroud of Charlemagne
The silk shroud of Charlemagne made with gold and Tyrian purple. The design shows a quadriga (four-horse chariot). 9th century CE. (Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris)

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Tumbaga Bells of the Tairona Civilization
Bells made from an alloy of gold and copper (tumbaga) by the Tairona people of Colombia. c. 1500 A.D.

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Ignatius of Antioch
Stained glass detail from a window in St Paul's within-the-Walls, Rome, depicting Ignatius of Antioch (35-108 CE).

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Ignatius of Antioch in the Arena
Ignatius of Antioch is thrown to the lions in the arena. Print by Jan Luyken, 1701 CE, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Sacsayhuaman Panorama
The Inca Sacsayhuaman fortress-temple complex at Cuzco. The structure was begun in the reign of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (1438 - 1471 CE) and completed by his successors.

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Sacsayhuaman Terrace Gateway
One of the terrace gateways of the Inca Sacsayhuaman fortress-temple complex at Cuzco. The structure was begun in the reign of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (1438 - 1471 CE) and completed by his successors.