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Perforated votive plaque with a banquet scene, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, c. 2700-2600 BCE. Louvre, Paris.

Terracotta tablet listing the year formulae of King Shulgi of Ur. From Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, Ur III period, 2094-2047 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.

The First Industrial Revolution refers to the profound economic and technological transformation that reshaped parts of Europe and North America between c. 1760 and 1840, first and most intensively in...

A sandstone gravestone showing a married couple. The man, wearing military costume, was an officer in the Roman Army. c. 210/220 CE, Römerstadt Augusta Raurica. Shown as part of the 2023 exhibition Ave Caesar! Romans...

A Roman silver coin (denarius) of Gaius Julius Caesar. It was discovered in 1999 when the Antikenmuseum Basel was being extended. 49 BCE. (Archäologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt) Shown as part of the 2023 exhibition...

A statuette of Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory, from the Roman colony of Augusta Raurica. Bronze, c. 200 CE, Römerstadt Augusta Raurica. Shown as part of the 2023 exhibition Ave Caesar! Romans, Gauls and Germanic...

A view of the 2023 exhibition Ave Caesar! Romans, Gauls and Germanic tribes on the Banks of the Rhine at the Antikenmuseum in Basel, Switzerland. Original source note on usage: Press images made available...

A depiction of King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592) conferring with his nephew and heir King Childebert II of Austrasia (r. 575-596).

King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592), later statue located on the left part of the entrance to the Basilica of St. Clotilde in Paris.

A conversation between King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592) and his nephew and heir King Childebert II of Austrasia (r. 575-596), artwork by Jean Fouquet from the manuscript Grandes...