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Nalanda, located in modern-day Bihar, India, was an ancient center of learning. In its heyday, during the reign of Harshavardhana (606-647 CE), it had c. 10,000 students.

A Roman floor mosaic with geometrical designs. From Como, 5th-6th century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

A Roman floor mosaic depicting a fish. From Como, 5th-6th century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

Painted linen and tempera depicting the Egyptian goddess Nephthys. 2nd-1st century BCE. (Metropolitan Museum of art, New York)

A faience amulet statue of the Egyptian goddess Nephthys. 664-332 BCE. Louvre Museum, Paris.

The standard military tunic of the Inca civilization, c. 1400 and 1533 CE. In Inca art black represented death and red represented blood and conquest. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, L.A.)

A silver alpaca from the Inca civilization of Peru, c. 1400 and 1533 CE. (American Museum of Natural history, New York)

A 1st century CE Roman tomb. Within were stored the cremated remains of the deceased. Inscriptions name the occupants as Laria Amabilis, her husband M.Petronius, and their daughter Petronia Secunda. From the Piacenza region. (Archaeological...

Unglazed, hand-made red pottery vases from the Late Yayoi Period, 1st-2nd century CE Japan.

Bronze bells (dotaku), probably used for ceremonial purposes in the Yayoi Period, discovered in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.