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Ymir Suckling the Cow Audhumla, oil on canvas painting by Nicolai Abildgaard, c. 1777 CE The Royal Collection of Paintings and Sculptures, Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen.

Christian Martyrs in Colosseum, painting by Konstantin Flavitsky, 1862 CE. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

John Winthrop and Anne Hutchinson, the antagonists of the Antinomian Controversy (1636-1638 CE). Left: Portrait of Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE). It was held in the Winthrop family until the 19th...

This is the most recently discovered portrait of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The bust, characterized by its excellent condition, was unearthed during archaeological excavations in 2014 CE at the Roman Villa of Los Torrejones in Spain. The...

Head from a colossal statue (twice life-size) of the Roman Emperor Claudius (ca. 50 CE) that stood in the forum of Carsulae (Umbria, Italy). Only the head and a knee of the statue survive.

A detail of the gilded silver Gundestrup Cauldron showing a female Celtic deity. Likely 1st century BCE, produced in the Balkans but found in Denmark in 1891 CE. (National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen)

A marble portrait of Vespasian (r. 69 to 79 CE) found at Lucus Feroniae (an ancient Roman colony near Rome). This portrait, carved in a high-quality Parian marble, was refashioned from the Emperor Nero (r. 54 to 68 CE) into the likeness of...

The underground channel of a qanat in the Turfan water system in the Turpan Depression of Xinjiang, China.

An alluvial fan located in Badwater, California.

A plaque discovered on the Cleveland Walk, Bath, perhaps showing a trio of goddesses. Perhaps Celtic, although made during the Roman period. (Roman Baths Museum, Bath)