Images

A diagram created by the famous Iranian polymath Al-Biruni (973 – after 1050) depicting a Lunar Eclipse.

An illumination from the Sachsenspiegel, a German book of customary law, compiled somewhere between 1220-1235. The image depicts Christ giving one sword to the Holy Roman Emperor and another to the Pope. The manuscript is in the Saxon State...

A map illustrating the rise and expansion of early Islamic caliphates from the Prophet Muhammad until the 9th century.

A Roman terracotta oil lamp depicting an erotic scene between two women. From Anatolia. c. 1st Century BCE. (British Museum)

Red-figure kylix depicting same sex courtship. The men offer gifts such as flowers and wreaths to indifferent youths. Attributed to the Douris Painter, c. 480 BCE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Depiction of kinnari, half bird, half human divine musicians in Buddhism, on the porch at Vat That, Luang Prabang, Laos.

Dance to the Berdache, drawing by George Catlin, c. 1861-1869. National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C. Drawn while on the Great Plains, among the Sac and Fox Indians, the sketch depicts a ceremonial dance to celebrate the...

Red-figure kylix depicting youths at the baths in a homoerotic scene. Attributed to the Codris Painter, c. 430 BCE. Attica, Greece. (British Museum)

A drawing of an Etruscan fresco depicting two male lovers next to a bearded man. From the Tomb of the Chariots in Tarquinia, Italy. (British Museum)

A red-figure kylix depicting two women in an intimate setting. The kneeling woman may be grooming the other woman or anointing her with oil or perfume. It has been suggested that the kylix may depict two women preparing themselves in the...