Images

Photo of the Colosseum in Rome, completed 80 AD.

A map of the Mediterranean in 218 BC, showing the territorial extents of the following states: - Antigonids - Attalids - Carthage - Ptolemies - Roman Empire - Seleucids Major battle locations are also shown.

An engraving inside an onyx-stone-eye in a Marduk statue that depicts Nebuchadnezzar II.

A map of Palestine circa 830 BC, showing the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, as well as the surrounding kingdoms and tribes.

The Meroe Head is from a larger-than life statue of Augustus Caesar (reigned 31 BCE-14 CE). It is 47.7 cm, made of bronze with alabaster, glass and coral inlays for the eyes. Discovered at Meroe in 1910 by J. Garstang.

A depiction of one of the Queens of Meroe known as Kentakes (or Candaces) the Candace Amanitore (c.50 CE).

Aerial view of the pyramids at Meroe, Republic of Sudan, 2001.

Ruins of the royal city in Meroe, Nubia, Sudan

A coffin found in Sidon by Hamdy Bey. It's today in the Istanbul museum

Detail of glazed tiles depicting a lion, from the gates of ancient Babylon (modern-day Iraq). The lion is the symbol of Babylon, and represents Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, love and war. Meant not only to symbolise Babylon, but to...