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Greek Colonies of the Northern Black Sea
Map showing Ancient Greek colonies on the northern coast of the Black Sea, c. 450 BC.
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Babylon at the time of Hammurabi
A locator map of Hammurabi's Babylonia, showing the Babylonian territory upon his ascension in 1792 BC and upon his death in 1750 BC. The river courses and coastline are those of that time period — in general, they are not the modern rivers...
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Detail of the Ishtar Gate
Detail of the Ishtar-Gate : a lion, symbol of the goddess Ishtar.
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Babylon at the time of the Kassites
A map of the Babylonian Empire during the time of the Kassites, roughly the 13th century BC. This map shows the probable river courses and coastline at that time.
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The Oriental Empires
Map showing the Median, Lydian, Chaldean, and Egyptian empires around 600 BC.
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
A representation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the fabled gardens which possibly adorned the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, built by its greatest king Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605-562 BCE). A 16th century CE engraving by Dutch artist...
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Bronze Age Sword
Ceremonial giant dirk of the Plougrescant-Ommerschans type, Plougrescant, France, 1500–1300 BC.
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Temple of Aphaea
The ruins of the temple of Aphaea on Aegina. Aphaea was only worshipped in this temple. Pausanias (2nd century AD) writes: "On Aigina as one goes toward the mountain of Pan-Greek Zeus, the sanctuary of Aphaia comes up, for whom Pindar...
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The Pyramids
The Pyramids at Giza. The modern city of Cairo is visible in the background.
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Ruins of Persepolis
A photo of the ruins of Persepolis.
