Images

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, oil on wood painting by Andrea Solario, c. 1507-9 CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Saint John the Baptist as depicted in a detail from the west windows of SS Philip and James' church in Oxford.

Ceiling mosaic depicting the baptism of Jesus by Saint John the Baptist. Baptistery of Neon, Ravenna

The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük is a 8,000-year-old Neolithic baked-clay figurine unearthed at Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia which existed from approximately 7100 BCE to 5700 BCE (inscribed...

A reconstruction of the Celtic Hochdorf burial mound located near Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. The burial within a wooden chamber of a single male dates to the second half of the 6th century BCE.

A model of the waggon from the Celtic Vix burial, Châtillon-sur-Seine, in northeast France close to a fortified Celtic site or oppidum and in the vicinity of at least four more burials. Discovered undisturbed, the princely burial dates to...

A gold neck torc from the Celtic Vix burial, Châtillon-sur-Seine, in northeast France close to a fortified Celtic site or oppidum and in the vicinity of at least four more burials. Discovered undisturbed, the princely burial dates to the...

The Franks Casket, depicting scenes from Roman, Jewish, Christian, and Germanic tradition. Auzon, France, 8th century CE. The British Museum, London.

Grave stele of Staphilos, son of Glaukias, from the Bosporan Kingdom. It depicts a soldier with the traditional Bosporan long hair and beard, and Scythian costume. It dates to the 2nd century CE and comes from the Necropolis of Panticapaeum...

Painted terracotta statuette of a woman playing the tympanon (tambourine), 4th century BCE. Altes Museum, Berlin.