Images

A portrait of the Chinese Confucian philosopher Xunzi (l. c. 310-c. 235 BCE).

A detail of a Tyndale Bible, the first English translations of that work, carried out by William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536). (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford)

An example of an Oldowan stone chopper tool. From the Atlantic-Saharan region. (National Archaeological Museum, Madrid)

C. Plinii Cæcilii Secvndi Epistolæ et Panegyricus, 1653 CE

Statue of Pliny the Younger in Como, possibly the work of Giovanni Rodari, dating from before 1480 CE.

The Olduvai Gorge monument in Tanzania consists of large-scale sculpted models of Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis resting on a stone platform. The monument welcomes visitors as they reach the road leading to the gorge and its museum...

Homo habilis reconstruction in the Museo de la Evolución Humana, Burgos, sculpture by Elisabeth Daynes (2010) based on the KNM-ER 1813 cranium (Koobi Fora, Kenya, dated 1.9 Ma).

Reconstructed skull of Australopithecus garhi from fossils found in 1997 CE (Awash, Afar region). 2.5 million years old. Now found in Addis Ababa, National Museum of Ethiopia.

A traditional depiction of the major events of the ancient world (Mesopotamia through the Greeks).

A detail of a mid-16th century CE painting by Hans Holbein the Younger showing a desk with a lute, globe and books. From 'The Ambassadors', c. 1533 CE. (National Gallery, London)