Images

Heracles depiction of Vajrapani as the protector of the Buddha, 2nd century AD Gandhara, British Museum.

Mathura region: Yakshi, ca. second century CE: sandstone. The William A. Whitaker Foundation Art Fund. Republished with permission from the Ackland Art Museum. Credit: 84.2.1 Unidentified Artist Indian, Mathura region: Yakshi, 2nd...

A 18th century map of Lutetia by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697–1782).

A map of Gaul indicating the local tribes, regions, and cities, circa 54 BCE.

Bust of Pythagoras of Samos, display in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.

Bronze Age golden helmet found in Leiro, Galicia (modern-day Spain). Museo de San Antón, A Coruña.

A photo showing the three Pyramids of Giza. From left to right they are: - The Pyramid of Menkaure (c. 2532–2504 BCE) - The Pyramid of Khafre (c. 2558–2532 BCE) - The Great Pyramid of Khufu (c. 2589–2566 BCE)

Ruins in the Town of Ur, Southern Iraq.

A map of Minoan Crete.

Map of Philip II of Macedon's campaign in Greece, 339 BC