Images

Fall of Gog and Magog, mural by John Singer Sargent, 1916. Boston Public Library

Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel, fresco by Feodor Bruni. St Isaak Cathedral, Saint Petersburg.

Prophets Daniel and Ezekiel on the south side of the medieval rood screen. St Firman's, North Crawley, Buckinghamshire.

Job Restored to Prosperity, oil on canvas painting by Laurent de La Hyre, 1648. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfork, Virginia.

Job and His Friends, oil on canvas painting by Ilya Repin, 1869. Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg.

Job, oil on canvas painting by Léon Bonnat, 1880. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman), tableau by Jacques-Edmond Leman (1829-1889).

The Deposition (also known as the Florentine Pieta), a marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1547-1555. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. Photo: George Groutas

Nicodemus' head, detail of The Deposition (also known as the Florentine Pieta), a marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1547-1555. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. Photo: George Groutas

This map illustrates the rise of the Sumerian city-state of Ur following the collapse of the Akkadian Empire (reign: circa 2334–2154 BCE). In the aftermath of political fragmentation and regional instability, Ur emerged as a leading center...