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Map of the Frankish Kingdoms AD 511
Image by Peter Kessler

Map of the Frankish Kingdoms AD 511

The founder of the Merovingian Frankish kingdom was Clovis. He followed an aggressive policy of conquest to build up the kingdom over much of modern France, but his death in 511 saw his realm chopped up into several smaller kingdoms. It...
Map of the Frankish Kingdoms AD 481-511
Image by Peter Kessler

Map of the Frankish Kingdoms AD 481-511

With the accession of Clovis, son of Childeric I of the Salian Franks, the Germanic occupiers of north-eastern Gaul had found a king who would change their fortunes out of all recognition. Rather than follow his father's policy of allying...
Delos Panorama
Image by Mark Cartwright

Delos Panorama

A panorama of the archaeological site of Delos, one of the most important religious sanctuaries in the Greek world and a major trading centre in the 1st and 2nd century CE Roman world.
Cycladic Figurines
Image by Mark Cartwright

Cycladic Figurines

Marble figurines from Naxos in the Cyclades. The significance of the statues is not known for certain only that they were once painted and are generally found in a burial context across the Cyclades group. These examples date to between 2800...
Temple of Apollo, Naxos
Image by Mark Cartwright

Temple of Apollo, Naxos

The remains of the foundations, crepidoma and doorway leading from the prodromos to the cella of the 6th century BCE temple of Apollo on Naxos in the Cyclades. The doorway is 6m high and 3.5 m wide. The temple itself, as indicated by its...
Tezcatlipoca Turquoise Skull
Image by Trustees of the British Museum

Tezcatlipoca Turquoise Skull

A decorated human skull thought to represent the Mesoamerican god Tezcatlipoca. Mosaic of turquoise and lignite cover the skull with red thorny oyster shell used around the nasal cavity. Polished pyrite surrounded by white conch shell provide...
Cupid Frieze, House of the Vettii, Pompeii
Image by M.Violanti

Cupid Frieze, House of the Vettii, Pompeii

A section of the 1st century CE cupids frieze from the triclinium or dining room from the House of the Vetti in Pompeii. The frieze depicts cupids selling flowers and perfumes and as workers who sell flowers, make wine and work gold.
Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome
Image by Mark Cartwright

Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome

A section of the garden fresco from the triclinium or dining room from Livia's Villa, Rome, 1st century BCE. The fresco runs around all four walls and gives a 360° panorama of a luxuriant garden with birds and insects against a brilliant...
Cubiculum Fresco, Villa of the Farnesina, Rome
Image by Mark Cartwright

Cubiculum Fresco, Villa of the Farnesina, Rome

A detail of the 1st century BCE fresco which entirely decorated a cubiculum (probably a bedroom) of the Villa of the Farnesina in Rome. The room has a distinct Egyptian flavour mixed with scenes from Greek mythology. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome...
Roman Fresco, Villa of the Farnesina, Rome
Image by Mark Cartwright

Roman Fresco, Villa of the Farnesina, Rome

A detail of the 1st century BCE fresco which decorated the dining room (triclinium) of the Villa of the Farnesina in Rome. The long frieze depicts judicial scenes, perhaps famous cases and the events which led to the trial. (Palazzo Massimo...
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