Images

A bust of Zeno of Citium. Found in 1823 CE near the Jardin des Plantes and the ampitheatre. Esperandieu, 1768 CE.

A map showing the Hittite Empire in c. 1350-1300 BCE (dark green line) and at its maximum extent (light green area).

A portrait of the Greek Cynic philosopher Crates of Thebes by an unknown painter from the circle of Domenico Feti.

A bronze statue, likely of a Spartan woman. c. 500 BCE. (British Museum, London)

Axe heads of jadeite and eclogite from the neolithic site of Carnac, north-west France. (Archaeological Museum of Carnac)

A variscite necklace from the Neolithic site of Carnac, north-west France. (Archaeological Museum of Carnac)

Attila and his Hordes Overrun Italy and the Arts; detail from the library of the Palais Bourbon in Paris.

An 18th century CE painting showing Diogenes of Sinope looking for an honest man (Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein - Nagel Auktionen)

Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar.

The original Saltman, the first of six well-preserved bodies found in a salt mine near Zanjan, Iran. This man lived c. 1750 years ago, and his mummy was discovered by miners in 1994. National Museum of Iran, Tehran.