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Thalassa (spirit of the sea), with the crab-claw horns, holding a ship's oar and a dolphin on the Megalopsychia Hunt of Antioch mosaic. Late 5th century CE, found in the village of Yakto near Daphne. Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya, Turkey...

Central medallion of the Megalopsychia Hunt of Antioch mosaic depicting the allegorical figure of Megalopsyche (greatness of soul, an ancient virtue). Late 5th century CE, found in the village of Yakto near Daphne. Hatay Archaeology Museum...

Ananias baptizes Paul the Apostle as depicted in a detail from a stained glass window in St Paul's church, Jericho in Oxford.

A screen shot from the virtual tour of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Turkey's most outstanding museum. Thanks to the new Sanal Muze digital portal released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey in 2020 CE, history lovers...

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...