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A model of the Athenian acropolis in the 5th century BCE. The monumental Propylaea gives access to the Parthenon (centre) and the Erechtheion (left side). (Acropolis Museum, Athens)

A Roman period sundial of the Greek hemispherical type. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)

The Assassination of Alboin, Charles Landseer, 1856 CE, Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries.

Alboin from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 CE, Bavarian State Library

The Assassination of Alboin, Charles Landseer, 1856 CE, Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries.

Alboin and Rosamunde, School of Rubens, 1651 CE, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

This mosaic scene of tame deer drinking from an ornate fountain was a popular scene in Early Christian art, as it symbolized the fountain of life. 4th or 5th century CE, from Carthage. On display at the British Museum, London (MLA 1859.4-2.90...

This marble relief shows a man sailing a corbita, a small Roman coastal vessel with two masts. Found at Carthage, most likely produced in Africa Proconsularis (modern-day Tunisia) circa 200 CE. The corbita's sails were most likely made...

Figure D (commonly identified as Dionysos) from the East Pediment of the Parthenon. Here we can see his legs, and where his feet would have been attatched. He reclines on a rock. His seat is softened by a mantle and an animal fur. Despite...

Well and Bathing Platform, Harappa, 2200-1900 BCE.