Images

A Roman mosaic depicting a troupe of comic performers, wearing masks and playing musical instruments. The figure on the left plays a pan flute, while the figure on the right plays a tympanon (hand drum). From the "Villa of Cicero", Herculaneum...

Red-figure krater depicting the god Dionysus and a Maenad, one of his female followers. Dionysus is seated on the left, holding a thyrsus (pine staff) in one hand. The maenad stands before him, holding a tympanon (frame drum), decorated with...

Map showing some of the major regional resouces of the eastern Mediterranean, the Near East, East Africa, and Central and South Asia.

Map of the provinces of the Byzantine Empire in 1025 CE.

A recreation of the Roman empress Valeria Messalina (c. 20-22 CE-48 CE), wife of the emperor Claudius (r. 41-54 CE). Messalina's facial features are very loosely based on a combination of Roman portraits and artistic license. Messalina is...

A recreation of Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE) based on portraits. Made using Artbreeder, an AI neural network.

A realistic approach in recreating Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) by studying posthumous and contemporary statues and busts. Made using Artbreeder, an AI neural network.

Statue of Saint Peter sitting in a chair and holding the keys of heaven in Saint Aloysius' church, Glasgow.

Detail from a window depicting Saint Peter healing a cripple in Exeter College Chapel, Oxford.

A stone sculpture of human heads, the part of the body believed by the ancient Celts to hold the soul. From a sanctuary at the oppidum of Entremont, France. 2nd century BCE. (Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France)