Images

Image of Frank Holt, the author of When Money Talks: A History of Coins and Numismatics.

When Money Talks: A History of Coins and Numismatics by Frank Holt.

A 17th-century portrait by Giovanni Battista Langetti of Anaxagoras (l. c. 500-c. 428 BCE), the Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who claimed the First Cause of existence was Mind (nous). (Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA)

A 17th-century portrait by Jusepe de Ribera of Anaxagoras (l. c. 500-c. 428 BCE), the Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who claimed the First Cause of existence was Mind (nous). (Private Collection)

A detail of a 19th-century fresco showing Anaxagoras (l. c. 500-c. 428 BCE), the Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who claimed the First Cause of existence was Mind (nous). By Eduard Lebiedzki, after a design by Carl Rahl. (National and Kapodistrian...

Christ and Sinner, painting by Henryk Siemiradzki, 1873. Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg.

This map illustrates the rise of the Sumerian civilization in southern Mesopotamia, beginning around 6000 BCE. Situated between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the region—later home to Akkad and Babylonia—saw the emergence of some of the...

Drävle Runestone, showing Andvari's ring, the Andvaranaut. Sweden, Enköping Municipality, Altuna parish.

Gold finger-ring, engraved with a runic inscription, three letters continuing on inside of the hoop, found near Carlisle, England, dated to the 8th-10th century. The British Museum, London

This map illustrates the Late Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1200–1150 BCE), a sudden and widespread upheaval that brought down many of the interconnected civilizations of the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. The once-mighty...