Images

Madame Blavatsky (1831-1891), founder of the Theosophical Society in 1877.

Photo of Alexandra David-Néel (l. 1868-1969), a world traveler, writer, and Buddhist spiritualist, 1933.

Artist's impression of Queen Dido (also known as Elissa) landing on the shores of North Africa and claiming the land where she founded Carthage. According to legend, when Queen Dido landed in North Africa, the local rulers offered...

The Head of Tutankhamun was once part of a larger limestone statue depicting Tutankhamun (r. c. 1336 to c. 1327 BCE) and the god Amun, fashioned during Tutankhamun’s reign, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom of Egypt. This statue is significant...

Artist's impression of the Circus Maximus in ancient Rome, with a chariot race going on.

Portrait of Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua, Oil on canvas painting by Titian, c. 1534-1536. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Chalk on paper portrait of Isabella d'Este, the Marchioness of Mantua by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500 CE. Louvre, Paris.

Terracotta bust of a woman, probably Isabella d'Este, the Marchioness of Mantua, attributed to Gian Cristoforo Romano, c. 1500. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth.

Sodom and Gomorrah afire, painting by Jacob de Wet II, 1680. Exhibit in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany.

This is a large, kneeling statue of Hatshepsut that was found during excavations of her temple at Deir el-Bahri. In this statue, Hatshepsut is depicted wearing the nemes headcloth, a false beard on her chin, andis kneeling with a nemset jar...