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Ptolemy I Soter (367 - 283 BCE) was a trusted Macedonian general of Alexander the Great, and became ruler of Egypt. Engraved by an unknown artist after an ancient Roman relic. It was published in a history of Italian Renaissance art in 1883...

The excavated ruins of Pompeii in the foregreound with the volcano Mt. Vesuvius in the background. Along with Herculaneum, its sister city, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano...

A possible trade route for pepper from India to Rome.

From Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen (1897).

A map showing the territory of the Iceni tribe overlayed in red in the context of the modern county boundaries of England and Wales.

The Old Roman Forum of Leptis Magna.

Map (rough) of ancient Leptis Magna, Libya, own work composed from various map references.

View of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.

The site of Stonehenge as of 2004. The plan omits the trilithon lintels for clarity. Holes that no longer, or never, contained stones are shown as open circles and stones visible today are shown coloured, grey for sarsen and blue for the...

Map of the Indo-Saka / Indo-Scythian Kingdoms.