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A painting from an 1846 engraving by Thomas Ashburton Picken showing the launch of the steamship SS Great Britain designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). The ship sailed on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to...

The Twelve Labours of Herakles, codified as a fixed cycle by the poet Peisander around c. 600 BCE, represent one of the most enduring mythological narratives of ancient Greece. Herakles, born a demi-god as the son...

A 1615-18 oil painting, Hippomenes and Atalanta, by Guido Reni (1575-1642). Shown as part of the exhibition GUIDO RENI. The Divine at The Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany (2022-23). (Museo Nacional del Prado...

Horatius reads before Maecenas, painting by Fyodor Bronnikov, 1863. Odesa Art Museum.

Wall painting depicting Medea just before murdering her children. Discovered in the peristyle of the House of the Dioscuri in Pompeii. 1st century CE. Naples National Archaeological Museum, Italy.

The Roman theatre of Thubursicum Numidarum (modern Khamissa in Algeria) was built on a natural slope in the 2nd or 3rd century CE. It is considered one of the most beautiful and best-preserved ancient theatres...

The Spring Complex in Thubursicum Numidarum (modern Khamissa in Algeria) is a monumental sanctuary with two water basins built to celebrate a spring regarded in antiquity to have been the source of the Bagradas...

The Arch of Septimius Severus was built by Legio III Augusta during the reign of Roman emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193-211 CE). It is a three-bay structure framed by pilasters and columns. The arch marked...

The Cardo Maximus (north-south-oriented street) of Thamugadi (modern Timgad in Algeria, looking from the Forum towards the North Gate. The Cardo Maximus was 180 m long and 5 m wide. It was paved with slabs...

The Roman theatre of Cuicul (Djémila in Algeria) was constructed into the side of the hill overlooking the valley in the 2nd century CE. Its two tiers of seats could have accommodated 3,000 spectators.