Images

Artist's illustration of a lavish feast in the ancient Mediterranean, most likely during Roman times. Romans often ate lying on their side, and tables were filled with Mediterranean and exotic foods.

Artist's impression of what life in the Cao'an temple may have been like. This temple in Fujian provice, China, was originally constructed as a Manichean temple but has now assimilated many features of Buddhism.

Artist's impression of the Adur Burzen-Mihr, a Zoroastrian fire temple located in ancient Parthia. At the time of the Sasanian Empire it was one of the three "Great Fires", which were the most important temples in Zoroastrianism.

Artist's impression of a private tutor in ancient times, most likely in ancient Greece or Rome. As there were no public schools, private tutoring was how children of wealthy families were commonly educated in Greek and Roman society. For...

The Ark Passes Over the Jordan, gouache on board by James Tissot, c. 1896-1902. Jewish Museum, New York.

Reenactors portraying Roman soldiers charge the audience at Birdoswald Fort along Hadrian's Wall, 2005.

A painting of a slave market in Portuguese Brazil by Jean-Baptiste Debret from an original 19th-century engraving by Johann Moritz Rugendas.

A scene showing slaves working on an Antiguan sugar plantation. Created in 1779 by Thomas Hearne. On the left are slaves cutting the cane, in the centre is the windmill for processing the cane and on the right slaves transport the refined...

A late-16th century Flemish engraving showing the manufacture of sugar loaves on a colonial plantation. (British Museum, London)

Artist's impression of medieval seafaring. The left ship in the foreground depicts a cog, which is a medieval ship that was widely used by traders of the Hanseatic League. The ship in the background depicts a Scandinavian or Viking ship.