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Garden of Hesperides, oil on canvas by Albert Herter, 19th century.

Herakles in the Hesperides garden. Side A from an Attic red-figure pelike, from Cyrenaica (Libya), 380-370 BCE. Louvre, Paris.

Madauros was a Numidian city ruled successively by African kings Syphax (r. c. 215-203 BCE) and Massinissa (r. 202-148 BCE). It became an important Roman colony in the Flavian period, and one of its...

The Forum of Hippo Regius (modern Annaba, Algeria) was a rectangular paved area measuring 76 x 43 m. It was one of the largest forums in North Africa. It features a long inscription extending in two lines across its...

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...