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Sauls Mound is arranged so that its corners are arranged in the four cardinal directions. It is believed to have some ceremonial function, and likely has a central role in the Woodland People's religious cosmology. Pinson Mounds State Archeological...

Photo of the Sunken Trace. Mile marker 41.5 on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

Statue of tauroctony depicting Mithras about to kill the bull, found in situ resting on a masonry base in the Mithraneum of the Baths of Mithras, 1st century CE, Ostia Antica (Italy).

Marble portrait of Alexander the Great, 2nd-1st century BCE, said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. (British Museum, London)

Head of Mithras in Phrygian cap (CIMRM 815), from Walbrook Mithraeum in Londinium, CE 180-220. (Museum of London, Britain). Depicted as a handsome youth, Mithras wears his usual Phyrgian cap. His eyes are turned away from the deed of slaying...

Granite statue of Alexander the Great as Pharaoh, Greco-Egyptian, c. 300 BCE. (Liebieghaus museum, Frankfurt am Main)

Tauroctony fresco (depicting Mithras killing a bull) in the mithraeum (temple of Mithras) of Capua (Italy), 2nd century CE.

This plaque was used for protection against Lamashtu, a female demon or goddess who would imperil women during childbirth and even kidnap babies while breastfeeding. Neo-Assyrian, 10th-7th century BCE. Musee du Louvre, Paris

A typical double-spouted pot with handle of the Nazca civilization of ancient Peru (200 BCE-500 CE). The design is also typical of Nazca art: Bold lines and colours, often depicting mythical transformational creatures. (Los Angeles County...

A Nazca poncho (200 BCE-500 CE) which illustrates the vibrant colours and bold linear patterns typical of Nazca textiles. (Lombards Museum)