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Map of Roman Africa
Image by H.Kiepert

Map of Roman Africa

Nothern Africa under Roman rule. From H.Kiepert (1879), Historischer Schulatlas.
Poverty Point
Image by Maximilian Dörrbecker

Poverty Point

Map of the Poverty Point archaeological site, Louisiana.
Alexander The Great and Roxane
Image by Pietro Antonio Rotari

Alexander The Great and Roxane

Alexander The Great and Roxane (1756) by Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707–1762). Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Map of Ancient Egypt from 1742 CE
Image by Tho. Stackhouse

Map of Ancient Egypt from 1742 CE

Celarius, 1742.
Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria
Image by Focus Features, Newmarket Films, Telecinco Cinema

Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria

Hypatia of Alexandria, played by Rachel Weisz in the motion picture Agora (2009).
Khirokitia
Image by antonios loizides

Khirokitia

The first Cypriots mostly lived in Khirokitia, a small village near the modern town of Limassol.
Heraclitus of Ephesos
Image by Johannes Moreelse

Heraclitus of Ephesos

Heraclitus of Ephesos, painting from the 17th century by Johannes Moreelse.
Map of Colchis
Image by Christophorus Cellarius

Map of Colchis

Detail from the map “Bosporus, Maeotis, Iberia, Albania et Sarmatia Asiatica “ by CHRISTOPHORUS CELLARIUS (1638-1707), from the book “Notitiae Orbis Antiqui sive Geographiae Plenioris Tomus Alter Asiam et Africam“, printed in Leipzig by Gleditschi...
Ptolemy I Soter
Image by Marie-Lan Nguyen

Ptolemy I Soter

Bust of Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt (305 BC–282 BC) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The identification is based upon coin effigies.
Assyrian Doorway Protective Spirit
Image by Mark Cartwright

Assyrian Doorway Protective Spirit

Protective spirit (one of a pair) in the guise of a royal figure with cloak and mantle. It guarded the doorway into the Temple of Ninurta (chief god of the city of Nimrud and Assyrian god of war and farming) in Nimrud. The temple itself was...
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