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Priest-king statue, Indus Valley Civilization. The statue is 17.5 cm high and carved from steatite a.k.a. soapstone. It was found in Mohenjo-daro in 1927 CE. It is on display in the National Museum, Karachi, Pakistan.

Archaeological site of Harappa in modern-day Pakistan, one of the best-known cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Archaeological site of Mohenjo-daro in modern-day Pakistan, one of the best-known cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Adam and Eve, a print engraving by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). 1504 CE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Mohenjo-daro is one of the best-known cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. In the city, there was a great public bath, surrounded by a courtyard, with steps leading down into it.

Map of the Indus Valley Civilization, Mature Harappan Phase

A portrait of the Italian Dominican friar Annio da Viterbo (c. 1432 - 1502 CE). Besides being a scholar, Annio was infamous as a forger of classical texts and inscriptions. (Museo Civico, Viterbo, Italy)

Relief depicting the Egyptian war-god Montu, from his temple in el-Tod. 11th Dynasty (c. 2115-1991 BCE). (Louvre Museum)

A limestone relief depicting a vulture (possibly the goddess Nekhbet) and a rearing cobra (representing Wadjet) perched on a basket. Nekhbet and Wadjet were known as the "Two Ladies", representing Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt respectively...

A detail from the Papyrus of Ani, an Egyptian Book of the Dead. The god Thoth stands at the ready to inscribe the interrogation and judgement of Ani, who whose soul is being judged by the gods. The goddess Ammit stands behind Thoth, ready...