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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...

The Arnolfini Wedding painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE). Created in Bruges in 1434 CE it shows the cloth merchant Giovanni Arnolfini with his wife Giovanna Cenami. (National Gallery, London)

The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE). Nicholas Rolin was the Chancellor of Burgundy when the painting was created c. 1435 CE. (Louvre, Paris)

An artistic depiction of the infant Caesarion (47-30 BCE) being presented to the Alexandrians by his parents Cleopatra VII (69-30 BCE) and Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE). From the game Old World.

Depiction of the harbour of Alexandria (Egypt) as it may have appeared after the completion of the Lighthouse of Alexandria c. 280 BCE. From the game Old World.

An artist's depiction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus as it may have appeared when it was completed c. 350 BCE. From the game Old World.

An artist's depiction of the Valley of the Kings, part of the Theban Necropolis, as it may have appeared during the New Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570- c.1069 BCE). From the game Old World.

An artist's depiction of a Greco-Roman city and its oracle. From the game Old World.

An artistic depiction of a poetess reciting her work in a court setting. From the game Old World.

An artist's depiction of a Medieval soldier being knighted on a battlefield. From the game Old World.