Images

Late Byzantine icon, egg tempera with gold leaf on wood, c. 1400. The icon shows the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the restoration of images in 843 after the period of Iconoclasm (or Iconomachy), characterized by the controversy between the Iconophiles...

Byzantine medallion with the Virgin from an icon frame, gold, silver, and enamel worked in cloisonné, c. 1100. The medallion was originally one of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel Gabriel. Metropolitan Museum of Art...

Rock inscription written in Brahmi Script, Gandhara, 5th-7th century. Islamabad Museum, Pakistan.

A Roman stucco medallion depicting two female figures, from Torre de la Cruz/Xauxelles (Villajoyosa), Alicante, Spain, 3rd-4th century. Museo Arqueologico Provincial de Alicante (MARQ), Spain.

Unguentaria, found in La Alcudia, Elche, Spain, dated to c. 25 BCE to 50 CE. An unguentarium is a container with a long neck and a rounded body, which was used to hold ointments, perfumes, or cosmetic lotions. Unguentaria were also used as...

Apostle Paul, oil on canvas by Rembrandt, c. 1633. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Saint Paul swimming to Malta from the wrecked ship, mosaic designed by Boris Anrep in 1961, put together by Peter Indri in 1964-5. St. Paul's chapel, Westminster Cathedral.

A photograph of a German 88mm artillery gun destroyed at the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of a Vickers machine gun position of the British Eighth Army at the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A Lee tank of the British Eighth Army at the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)