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The Royal Game of Ur, as exhibited in the British Museum, London. Early Dynastic III, about 2600 BC. Game boards of this type were found in at least six royal graves at Ur. They are made of wood, inlaid with carnelian, shell, and lapis...

Frieze depicting a lion hunt, from the royal palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, 668-631 BCE. The king's role was to protect his people from enemies. In ancient Assyria, this was symbolized in the lion...

Augustus of Prima Porta, statue of the emperor Augustus in Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican, Rome.

An illustration depicting a Roman clad in a toga, from 1891 CE Dictionary of Classical Antiquities.

The Death of Socrates (1787)depicting the philosopher about to drink the hemlock in his jail cell, surrounded by his friends, as related in Plato's dialogue of the Phaedo.

The Pillar of Apollo on Kolona Hill, Aegina, Greece. The last remnant of the Temple of Apollo and Acropolis complex which stood on the site in the days of Aegina's glory.

Hypatia of Alexandria (370-415), sketch by Elbert Hubbard, 1908, from his work Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers.

Hypatia by Charles William Mitchell(1854-1903)first exhibited in 1885 and inspired by the Charles Kingsley novel Hypatia. Presently on display at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.

A cut-away image of a typical Roman domus.

Relief depicting a royal lion hunt on a chariot, Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 645-635 BCE. The king (recognizable by his distinctive hat) rides around the arena on a chariot shooting lions with arrows. His attendants fend off a lion that is...