Images

One of the several Palaeolithic cave paintings found at Lascaux, a network of caves in southwestern France.

San rock painting of an eland found in Drakensberg, South Africa.

Limestone stela of the priest Roy and standard-bearer Kashisha. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1420 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone stela of Nemu, scribe of the divine book; a close-up view of the upper part. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1400 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone stela of Tjatya and her husband. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1600 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Gold armlet with depictions of mummiform gods. From the treasure of the Nubian queen Amanishakheto, pyramid N6, Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. Meroitic period, around 1 CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich...

Paleolithic cave art found at the Bhimbetka rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh, central India.

Bison depicted at the Cave of Altamira in Cantabria, Spain, dated to the Upper Paleolithic period.

A plan of ancient Dodona.

Seated Hittite Goddess with Child, c. 14th-13th century BCE, from Central Anatolia, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.