Images

A reconstruction of a cavalryman and horse wearing pieces of display armour typical of the hippika gymnasia. (Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, Netherlands)

One of the massive atlantide figures from the temple of Zeus (480s BCE) in Agrigento. There were 38 such figures incorporated into the architecture of the building and each stood 7.6 metres tall. (Archaeological Museum, Agrigento, Sicily).

A model of the temple of Zeus, Agrigento. One of the largest in the ancient world, the temple was constructed in the 480s BCE. It measured around 113 x 56 metres and stood on a five-step base, it was 33 metres high. (Archaeological Museum...

A Faravahar or Frawahr symbol in a Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd, Iran, one of the symbols adopted by Zoroastrianism. This symbol represents a winged guardian or fravashi, an angelic being of the Zoroastrian religion.

The Four Elements. Painting by Mana Lesman. Used with the permission of the artist.

Babylonian Marriage Market by Edwin Long, 1875 CE, Royal Holloway College, London.

On this Sumerian relief, the marriage of the goddess Inanna and the Sumerian King Dumuzi is depicted.

The remaining columns of the Temple of Hercules, Agrigento, Sicily. Built in the 6th century BCE, the temple originally had 6 columns on each facade and 15 along the sides.

Statue of Ahriman from a Mithraic Temple Unknown provenance, 1st century BCE - 3rd century CE (not yet on display)

Statue of Ahriman from a Mithraic Temple Unknown provenance, 1st century BCE - 3rd century CE (not yet on display)