Images

King Midas, the mythical king of Phrygia who was famous for his ability to change anything that he touched into solid gold. (Painting by Andrea Vaccaro, 1670 CE)

An artist's impression of what the Colossus of Rhodes statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, may have looked like. (19th century engraving by Sidney Barclay)

One of the few free-standing sculptures from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, 4th century BCE. (British Museum, London)

A bust of Roman statesman and general Marcus Licinius Crassus (c. 115-53 BCE). Glyptothek, Copenhagen.

An artist's impression of Kautilya, the 4th to 3rd century BCE Indian statesman and philosopher. From a cover of a 1915 CE edition of the 'Arthashastra' translated by Rudrapatnam Shamasastry.

Archimedes Thoughtful, painted 1620 CE in Mantua by Domenico Fetti (1588–1623). Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany.

Nymph with scoprion. Marble, commissioned by Prince Charles de Beauvau, exhibited at the 1845 Salon. Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850). Louvre Museum, Department of Sculptures, ground floor, room 4

A 2nd century CE floor mosaic depicting Dionysos and satyrs with laurel crowns. From the area of the Villa della Farnesina, Rome. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

A 5th century BCE marble sculpture of one of the daughters of Niobe, dying from an arrow wound in her back. According to the story from Greek mythology Niobe insulted the goddess Lato by thinking herself more worthy. Lato then had her children...

Family tree of Julio-Claudian Dynasty, which produced five emperors at the start of the Roman Empire (27 BCE - 68 CE).