Images

Limestone funerary bust of a woman from Palmyra (Central Syria) with traces of polychromy so called ”The Beauty of Palmyra”, 190-210 CE. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)

The lady Marti, a funerary portrait of a woman from Palmyra, c. 170-190 CE (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen).

This papyrus was written around 200 BCE in Hermopolis, Egypt, and contains seven fragmentary lines (338–344) from the first chorus of Euripides, Orestes. The fragment contains vocal and instrumental symbols written above the lines of the...

The course of the River Ganges. Beginning in the Himalaya it runs for 2,700 km to the Bay of Bengal.

Ganga, the Hindu personification of the River Ganges. A sandstone lintel from a temple at Beshnagar, c. 500 CE. The goddess stands on a makara (a mix of crocodile and elephant) which symbolises the life-giving nature of water.

A view of the orchestra of the Theatre of Epidaurus taken from the steps of the audience seats.

The Manikarnika Cremation Ghat on the Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi, 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE.

The chaitya facade of Cave 19, Ajanta, north-west Deccan, India. The columned porch, cushion column capitals, and ornate decorative sculpture are typical of Gupta architecture (4-6th century CE). The relief panels show scenes from the life...

The Udayagiri caves in Madhya Pradesh, India. The rock-cut caves were constructed in the early Gupta Period (4th century CE) and functioned as Hindu shrines.