Images

A terracotta charm mulet. From Assur (modern Qal'at Sharqat, Salah Al-Din Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia. Middle Assyrian period, 12th century BCE. (Istanbul Archeological Museums/Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul, Turkey).

The Hall of the Columns, Mitla, Mexico. Late Post-Classic Period, 1300-1500 CE.

These 3 necklaces were founds inside graves. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

A carnelian sealstone showing showing a hydraulis, with apprentices operating the bellows. Roman, 1st-2nd century CE. British Museum, 1859.3-1.112

A terracotta lamp in the shape of a hydraulis being played by an organist. On either side of the manuals are the air pumps which fed the water organ with a supply of air into order to produce the notes. Roman, Porconsularis (modern Tunisia...

Detail of the Triumph of Aemilius Paulus by Carle Vernet, 1789 CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Philip V of Macedon, 221–179 BCE, coin in British Museum.

Perseus of Macedon, 179-168 BCE, coin from the British Museum

The Battle of Pydna by Andrea del Verrocchio, 1475 CE, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris

A woman holding a small child on her chest. She wears a full and elaborate dress. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.