Images

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.

The leather boot belonging the Saltman found by the miners with parts of the leg and the foot is still in the boot. The boot is displayed in the National Museum Tehran. (Image 2)