Images

Ram-headed Amun-Ra from ancient Egypt. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

A fresco depicting Greek historian Diodurus Siculus. c, 800. (Biblioteca di Agira).

Silver tetradrachm from Thrace, reign of Lysimachus, 323-281 BCE. Head of Alexander as Ammon-Zeus. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Museum, Corfu)

A sculpture by Léon Auguste Perrey (1841-1900 CE) depicting the death of the Phoenician princess Jezebel. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besancon, France)

A monumental statue of Hanuman, the Hindu monkey-god and follower of the hero Rama. Venkatesh Balaji Temple, Buldana District, Maharashtra India.

A 20th century CE print depicting Hanuman finding Sita in the Ashoka grove on Lanka after her abduction by the demon king Ravana. (M.V. Sharma)

A copper alloy statue of Hanuman, the magically-gifted monkey who was the ally of Rama in Hinduism. From Tamil Nadu, India, c. 1600 CE. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

St John of Damascus in Melkite Church of the Annunciation, Jerusalem (Yoav Dothan).

Stained glass from St Etheldreda's church in Ely Place, London.

Gregory the Nazianzus, Kariye Camii, Chora Church, Istanbul