Images

British actress and writer Mary Darby Robinson, posing as her famous character 'Perdita', oil on canvas portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782. Waddesdon Manor.

Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1002-1024), drawing by Joseph von Führich (1800-1876). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Bronze axe head topped with a man ruling animals, found in Saqqiz, Luristan, from Iron Age II (c. 1100-900 BCE). National Museum of Iran, Tehran. cc. no. 1434, photo by Neda Tehrani (Baloot Noghrei). Following the collapse...

Saint Anthony of Padua, oil on canvas by Francisco de Zurbarán, c. 1640. Museo del Prado, Madrid

Coin of the first Mughal Emperor, Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur, as the ruler of Kabul, 1504-1530 CE.

Saint Anthony preaching to the fish, oil on canvas by Paolo Veronese, c. 1580-1585. Galleria Borghese, Rome.

Saint Francis of Assisi, oil on canvas painting by Philip Fruytiers. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.

The Basilica of Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill in Rome was constructed at the time of Pope Celestine I (422-432 CE). It is a major example of the architectural characteristics of an Early Christian basilica. It also preserves its original...

The round church of St. Donatus in Zadar (ancient Iader) in modern-day Croatia was built on top of the ancient Roman forum in the 9th century CE. It was originally dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but in the 15th century, it was renamed to...

The frigidarium (cold room) of the Roman Baths of Odessos (modern-day Varna, Bulgaria). The baths were built around the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd century CE under Roman emperor Septimius Severus. They cover over 7000 square...