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An artist's depiction of an ailing queen in the ancient Mediterranean, likely Greece or Macedon. From the game Old World.

An artist's depiction of enormous hanging gardens in a Mesopotamian inspired city. From the game Old World.

An artist's depiction of Ishtar Gate as it may have appeared around the time it was constructed in Babylon c. 575 BCE. From the game Old World.

Attic black-figure cup from c. 580-560 BCE, attributed to the Painter of Copenhagen 103, in J. Paul Getty Museum 79.AE.128. Komos-dancing was a common behaviour after a symposium. The now properly drunk guests would rush out in a crazy dance...

A red-figure hydria (water-jar) made and found in Campania, Italy, from c. 325-350 BCE, attributed to The Foundling Painter. A dancing girl (orchestris) stands on her hands in an acrobatic act, which can be a somersault or a walk on hands...

Nikosthenic amphora, c. 550-525 BCE, signed (under the handle) by Nikosthenes, attr. to Painter N., Thiasos Group, Attic, from Caere, Etruria, The Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 1974.10 A group of Dionysiac dancers, seven satyrs alternating...

The Madonna with Canon van der Paele painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE). 1436 CE. (Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium)

Photo of psychiatrist and philosopher Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961 CE). Ortsmuseum Zollikon

The Man in a Red Turban painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE). Believed to be a self-portrait. 1433 CE. (National Gallery, London)

The Ghent Altarpiece, aka The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE). An inscription on the reverse also credits Hubert van Eyck (d. 1426 CE) but so little is known of this individual...