Images

The stage of the Roman theatre of Thugga (Dougga), North Africa (168-169 CE)

Lion Temple to the Nubian deity Apedemak in Musawwarat (modern-day Sudan). Apedemak was worshipped in Nubia by Meroitic peoples, and Musawwarat appears to have been its central temple. The deity had only a small influence on the Egyptian...

A solid gold pendant from the Minoan civilization depicting a deity holding two birds, possibly geese (18-17th century BC). Provenance: Aegina (British Museum, London)

Conical Towers in Great Zimbabwe, 3D reconstruction by the Zamani Project.

A solid gold Minoan pendant depicting two bees clutching a honeycomb, Old Palace cemetery at Chrysolakkos near Malia, Crete, 1800-1700 BCE. Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

A detail of a mosaic flooring from a Roman Villa, Corinth, circa 2nd century BCE (Corinth Archaeological Museum)

A Boeotian figurine of a cavalryman with spear or javelin, 6th century BCE. (Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens)

The doorway of the Roman Temple of Vesta, 1st century BCE. (Tivoli, Lazio, Italy)

Marble bust of Roman Emperor Trajan, 112-115 CE. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

The Mausoleum of Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, 6th century CE. (Ravenna, Italy)