Images

Hua Mulan, Chinese and Japanese Gardens, Singapore

Scene of Mulan a with horse. Printed in ink, colour on paper. 1867 CE, Dingmao, China

Hua-Mu Lan enlists as a soldier instead of her father. Dalongdong Baoan Temple, painted by Pan-Li.

Statue of Jupiter with his trademark eagle. Marble, made c. 150 CE. (Louvre Museum)

A Roman mosaic depicting the sea god Neptune being pulled in a chariot by two hippocampi. From Sousse, Tunisia. 3rd Century CE. (Sousse Archaeological Museum)

A bronze statuette of the goddess Bastet (labelled Bastet-E 3731), made during the Late Period of Ancient Egypt, c. 664-332 BCE. Louvre Museum, Paris.

A statue of the Egyptian god Set (Seth), part of a statue group depicting Set and Horus crowning Ramesses III king, from Medinet Habu, Egypt, 20th Dynasty, early 12th century BCE. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

A relief depicting Amun-Ra, from the Tomb of Ramesses IX (r. 1129–1111 BCE) in the Valley of the Kings. Thebes, Egypt.

A relief portraying Ra or Ra Horakhty, with the goddess Imentet seated behind him. From the Tomb of Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens. Thebes, Egypt. 19th Dynasty (1292-1186 BCE).

Part of a larger relief depicting Nefertari making offerings to Ptah. In this section, Ptah is depicted in his characteristic form as a mummified man holding a was-sceptre. From the Tomb of Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens. Thebes, Egypt...