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The cave of Shanidar lies in the Bradost mountain, part of Zagros Mountain range in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. The site is located within in the valley of the Great Zab river. It was excavated from 1957–1961 CE by Ralph Solecki and his team...

The bridge known today as the 'Stone Bridge' was built in the 1st century BCE and was one of only two Roman bridges which crossed the Adige. Its original name was the Pons Marmoreus. The two arches nearest the left bank (in white) are original...

The Capitoline Venus is a type of statue of Venus, specifically one of several Venus Pudica (modest Venus) types, of which several examples exist. The type ultimately derives from the Aphrodite of Cnidus. The so-called “Capitoline Venus”...

This Crouching Aphrodite marble statue is a Roman variant of the 2nd century CE after a Hellenistic type. It depicts Aphrodite as bathing, crouching with her right knee close to the ground. (Louvre Museum)

Roman emperor P. Septimius Geta, r. 211-212 CE. (Louvre, Paris)

A gold Aureus depicting Roman emperor Pescennius Niger, r. 193-4 CE. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

Mauryan ringstone, Northwest Pakistan, 3rd century BCE. (British Museum, London)

A marble head of Commodus, end of 2nd century CE, from Rome. (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)

Head of Septimius Severus (reign 193–211 CE), dates to the years after 195 CE. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen).

Marble head of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus (r. 305-306 CE) who was the father of Constantine the Great. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)