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Intricate carvings on the temple walls of Hoysaleswara Temple in Halebidu built by the Hoysalas (1026 CE – 1343 CE).

Kedareshwara Temple in Halebidu built by the Hoysalas (1026 CE – 1343 CE).

Temple complex in Pattadakal, India built during the Early Chalukyan era (543 CE – 753 CE).

Launching ramp for ships at the old Punic port. The Carthaginians developed high skills in the building of ships and used this to dominate the seas for centuries. According to Roman historians the shipyards of the military harbour at Carthage...

Marble head of Alexander the Great. Chance find from the area of Giannitsa near Pella. End of the 4th century BCE. (Pella Archaeological Museum, Greece).

Pebble mosaic floor from the "House of Dionysos" at Pella (Macedonia, Greece) with a scene of a lion hunt. Last quarter of the 4th century BCE. (Pella, Archaeological Museum). The composition depicts the moment when the two huntsmen, one...

The Stag Hunt Mosaic signed by Gnosis, from the House of the Abduction of Helen in Pella (Macedon, Greece), late 4th century BCE. The figure on the right is possibly Alexander the Great due to the date of this mosaic. The figure to the left...

The House of Dionysos was a large house at Pella, the capital of the kingdom of Macedon in the time of Alexander the Great (late 4th century BCE). The house occupied an area of ca. 3400 square metres and each room was decorated with fine...

The main courtyard of the House of Dionysos in Pella, the capital of the kingdom of Macedon (Northern Greece) in the time of Alexander the Great, built in 325-300 BCE.

Interior wall of a house in Pella, Macedonia with coloured plaster in the First Pompeian Style, 2nd century BCE.