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Topographical map of Constantinople during the Byzantine period. Main map source: R. Janin, Constantinople Byzantine. Developpement urbain et repertoire topographique. Road network and some other details based on Dumbarton Oaks Papers 54...

A map showing the route that Alexander the Great took to conquer Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Bactria.

This bust is at the National Archeological Museum in Naples, Italy. It was excavated in the Villa dei Papirii in Herculaneum and was thought to depict Scipio Africanus the Elder. However, this hypothesis has been discarded, and the bust is...

The Roman temple complex at Baalbek (once Heliopolis) in Lebanon, the Beqaa Valley region.

Gandao is the wooden image aimed at immortalizing the important departed souls of the Kalasha family member. Gandao is installed at cemetery. The Kalasha is sole pagan tribe of Pakistan with numerical strength of 4000 approx. The Kalasha...

Still operational Great Bath with a medieval abbey in the background in the city of Bath, UK.

Plan of the Old Baths at Pompeii. Legend A — atrium B — apodyterium (room for undressing) C — frigidarium (cool bath) D — tepidarium (warm room) E — caldarium (hot bath) F — thermal chamber G — women's tepidarium H — women's apodyterium...

Meroitic hieroglyphic and demotic script. Made from RK Meroitic font (free online, same font as old version) and Gentium Basic for Latin.

Map of the Siege of Tyre, November 333 BC to August 332 BC.

A map showing the maximum territorial extent of the New Kingdom of Egypt, ca. 1450 BCE.