Images

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)

Seated figures and stone columns with niches for human heads or skulls from a Celtic religious site at Roquepertuse, France. 3rd century BCE. (Musée d'histoire, Marseille, France)

Traditional Wampanoag canoe at the Wampanoag homesite exhibit of the living history museum Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA.

The Antalya Museum in southern in Turkey houses a unique collection of Roman marble sculptures from the ancient city of Perge in Pamphylia. Dated to the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, they decorated the theatre, the city gate and other monuments...