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Winged Sphinx of Susa
Winged Sphinx from the palace of Darius the Great (549-486 BCE) at Susa.
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Ashurbanipal as High Priest
Stone stela of Ashurbanipal, the king is shown with a ritual basket of earth on his head as the royal builder for the accession of Shamash-shum-ukin and the restoration of Esagil, the sanctuary of Marduk in Babylon. Cuneiform inscription...
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Plato's Republic in ancient Greek
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus fragment of Plato's dialogue of Republic in ancient Greek.
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Plato's Republic
The Latin Edition cover of Plato's dialogue of Republic, 1713
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Agora of Athens
A map of the Athenian Agora in the 5th century BCE. Key 1 Peristylar Court 2 Mint 3 Enneacrounos 4 South stoa 5 Heliaea 6 Strategeion 7 Colonos Agoraios 8 Tholos 9 Agora stone 10 Monument of the Eponymous Heroes 11 Old Bouleuterion...
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Isis Wall Painting
The goddess Isis, wall painting from the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, c. 1360 BCE.
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Map of Persepolis
Map of Persepolis.
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Demeter and Persephone
The Return of Persephone by Frederick Leighton, 1891
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Map of Lugalzagesi's Domains
A map of the Kingdom of king Lugalzagesi of Umma, circa 2350 BC.
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Great Ziggurat of Ur
The ruins of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, built by the Sumerian king Ur-Nammu and his son Shulgi of Ur, c. 21st century BCE.
Photo taken in 2005 CE near Ali Air Base in Iraq.
