Images

Statue of St. Patrick, Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland. Erected 2000 CE.

Gilded bronze figurine of Shrikantha Kamakala (Shiva) & Parvati. Nepal, 14th-18th century CE. (Museum of Asian Art, Corfu)

A bust of Buddha from Taxila, Gandhara. Grey-blue schist. 1st century CE. (Museum of Asian Art, Corfu)

Kuan Ti, the Chinese deified general Guan Yu and god of War. Guan Yu died in 220 CE. Painted and gilded bronze. 14th - 17th century CE. (Museum of Asian Art, Corfu)

A bronze figure of Krishna. 14-17th century CE. (Museum of Asian Art, Corfu)

Plotinus was a Greek philosopher who lived 204-270 CE. He founded the Neo-Platonist school of thought. This sculpture is now in the Ostiense Museum, Ostia Antica, Rome, Italy.

Stairs at the Great Wall of China (built 221BCE - 1664CE).

The Great Wall of China, built 221 BCE-1664 CE.

Roman emperor Trajan (96-117 CE), near Tower Hill, London

Clay head from Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old Babylonian period, 2003-1959 BCE. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.