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The theater was built into a hillside and has a capacity of 6000 people. Reign of the Roman emperor Antonius Pius, 138-161 CE. Modern-day Amman city, Jordan.

A detail of the sarcophagus lid of Shepmin who was Royal Scribe of Thebes and Priest of Osiris. Meta-greywacke stone, Dynasty XXX, c. 350 BCE, Thebes (Egyptian Museum, Turin, Italy)

The Inca Sacsayhuaman (also Saqsawaman) fortress-temple complex of northern Cuzco, 13th-15th century CE.

Part of the left hand of a colossal statue of Hercules has survived. It is housed in the Amman Citadel (Jabal al-Qal'a), modern-day Amman city, Jordan. It dates back to the 2nd century CE.

Parts of the Roman temple of Hercules have survived. The temple lies within the Amman Citadel (Jabal al-Qal'a), modern-day Amman city, Jordan. It dates back to the 2nd century CE.

This ancient Maya glyph is pronounced "kah-kah-oo." Various forms of this glyph can be found on Maya vessels, some of which are known to have contained chocolate in some form.

This ancient Maya glyph represents the city of Copan (also spelled Kopan).

One of the several Palaeolithic cave paintings found at Lascaux, a network of caves in southwestern France.

San rock painting of an eland found in Drakensberg, South Africa.

Limestone stela of the priest Roy and standard-bearer Kashisha. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1420 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).