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This is an ancient Roman altar piece — in votive style — to Publius Aelius Marcianus, who was of the decurial order and a holder of higher local offices in Napoca (a city in Roman Dacia). Today, Napoca is Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This lovely...

Detail from lateral walls of the Tomb of the Diver depicting a symposium scene. The frescoes are painted on limestone slabs and are dated about 480-470 BCE. National Museum of Paestum, Italy.

Cave Cavem mosaic from Pompeii. It is on display at the Naples National Archaeological Museum.

This is an inscribed sun-dried brick used in temple construction. It was commissioned by the Sumerian king Amar-Suen (reigned c. 2094-2038 BCE) of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Translation of the inscription: Amar-Suen, the one called by (the...

A relief of servants from the palace of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (present-day Khorsabad, Iraq), c. 713-716 BCE. Now in the Musee du Louvre, Paris.

Urartu during the reign of King Rusas, 714-715 BCE

Howard Carter (1874-1939), British Egyptologist and archaeologist, photographed on 8 May 1924.

The pyramid structures of Xochicalco in central Mexico. Constructed prior to 900 CE they display attributes common to Maya and Veracruz architecture and imagery.

The ballcourt of Xochicalco, central Mexico. Constructed prior to 900 CE.

Sargon II and dignitary on a low-relief from the left wall of the palace of Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 716–713 BCE. Sargon II reigned 722-705 BCE and was one of the most important kings of the Neo-Assyrian...