Images

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.

Mesopotamian female deity wearing a horned headdress and sitting on a chair or a throne, probably goddess Ishtar or goddess Bau. The lunar symbol of the moon god Sin appears at the upper part, flanking the headdress. Elaborate dress and braided...

Clay head of an ogre, most probably Humbaba of the Cedar Forest. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old Babylonian period, 2003-1595 BCE. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.