Images

A map illustrating the various political states within the Fertile Crescent c. 1450 BCE.

An 11th century CE slate relief of a dancing Ganesha from North Bengal, India. (Asian Art Museum of Berlin)

An arched gateway of Hadrian's Wall (c. 122 CE) near Milecastle, Northumbira, UK.

Bust of the Egyptian queen Tiye (1398-1338 BCE), wife of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten, and grandmother of both Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun. Altes Museum, Berlin.

The funeral mask of the Egyptian queen Tiye, 1398-1338 BCE. Tiye was the wife of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten, and grandmother of both Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun.(Altes Museum, Berlin)

A Torah in the Synagogue of Ashkenazi Jews in Baku, Azerbaijan.

A portion of the Terracotta Army, the clay life-size army in the tomb of the Qin emperor Shi Huangdi. c. 210 BCE, Shaanxi Province, China.

Sarcophagus of Ramesses III (1184-1153 BCE). Found in the Valley of Kings. Louvre, Paris

Sitting figurine of the goddess Ma'at. (Louvre, Paris)

This is a raised and colored relief within the interior of the Temple of Beit el-Wali, Lake Nasser, Aswan, Egypt (c. 1276 BC). On the left, Ramesses II makes an offering of the goddess Ma'at to the god Amun.