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Processional Street, Babylon
Reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II, neo-Babylonian era, 605–562 BCE. Ancient Babylon (modern Babel governorate), Iraq.
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Ziggurat and Temple of God Nabu, Borsippa
The temple to Nabu at Borsippa was destroyed in 484 BCE during the suppression of a revolt against the Achaemenid king Xerxes.
Modern Biris Namrud, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
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The Tongue Tower, Temple of Nabu, Borsippa
The ziggurat, the "Tongue Tower," today one of the most vividly identifiable surviving ziggurats, is identified in the later Talmudic and Arabic culture with the Tower of Babel. However, modern scholarship concludes that the Sumero-Akkadian...
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A Stamped Mud Brick, Borsippa
Stamped mud brick from the temple and ziggurat of God Nabu. Borsippa, Mesopotamia, Iraq.
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Assyrian Military Campaign in Southern Mesopotamia
The Assyrian king in a chariot watches as prisoners are brought in and heads and booty are piled-up in a palm grove. Neo-Assyrian era, 640-620 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. From Nineveh, south-west palace, court XIX, panels 10-12. (The British...
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Coin Depicting Roman Emperor Aurelian
A gold coin depicting the Roman emperor Aurelian (r. 270-275 CE).
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Coin Depicting Roman Emperor Tetricus
A Roman coin depicting emperor Tetricus (r. 270-273 CE).
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Victorinus
A bronze coin depicting the Roman emperor Victorinus (r. 268-270 CE).
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Coin Depicting Roman Emperor Postumus
A gold aureus coin depicting the Roman emperor Postumus (r. 259-268 CE)
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Constantine I
The colossal bronze head from a statue of Constantine I, 4th century CE. The head is 1.77 m high. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).
