Images

The Roman Baths of Odessos (modern-day Varna, Bulgaria) 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 meters and were the fourth-largest public...

Jemima Cornwallis, wife of British general Lord Charles Cornwallis, Mezzotint by James Watson after an original by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1771. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Lord Charles Cornwallis receives two of Tipu Sultan's sons as hostages in the aftermath of the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-1792), oil on canvas painting by Robert Home, circa 1793. National Army Museum, London.

Lord Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805), oil on canvas portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 18th century. Royal Collection Trust.

American bison (buffalo) grazing at the CSKT (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) nature reserve in Montana, 2008.

A relief from the temple at Kom Ombo in Egypt depicting Ptolemy VI Philometor (r. 180-145 BCE) making offerings to the gods. Ptolemy can be seen at the far right, holding offerings.

Copper alloy bust of Alexander wearing a nemes headdress. From Egypt, c. 150 BCE to 200 CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Model of an ancient Egyptian house with a front garden. From the tomb of Meketre in Thebes, Egypt c. 1981-1975 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Ancient model of a house in Deir Rifa, Egypt, c. 1750-1700 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Tetradrachm of Ptolemy V Epiphanes (r. 205-180 BCE). Portrait of Ptolemy on obverse, Ptolemaic eagle on reverse with the legend "Ptolemy Basileus" (meaning "King Ptolemy"). Minted in Phoenicia. Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen...