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The Madonna della Sedia painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE). Painted c. 1514 CE. (Uffizi, Florence)

A portrait by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE) of the diplomat, courtier and author Baldassare Castiglione. Painted c. 1515 CE. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

This graph was produced using information from Strong's Concordance, to help visualize the context of the Biblical Hebrew words Saraph and Nachash.

The Severan Bridge (also known as Cendere Bridge) is a Roman bridge located near the ancient city of Arsameia (today Eskikale), 55 km (34 miles) north east of Adıyaman in southeastern Turkey. It was built by the Sixteenth Roman legion stationed...

The eastern side of the Tumulus of Karakus with two columns still standing upright. One column has traces of a relief, the other is decorated with an animal sculpture. The Tumulus of Karakus is a funerary monument (hierothesion) of the Commagene...

The Galatea nymph fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE). Completed in 1512 CE, the work is part of a series of frescoes with a mythological theme painted by Raphael in Rome’s Villa Farnesina.

The Tumulus of Karakus with the eagle on top of the south column. The Tumulus of Karakus is a funerary monument (hierothesion) of the Commagene Royal Family, located in the Kahta district of Adiyaman Province in Eastern Turkey. 1st century...

The square and stepped altar platform located at the eastern side of the East Terrace of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey.

Relief of the famous Lion Horoscope from the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut. It depicts a lion with stars on his body and a crescent moon on his chest. It has been argued that the scene might represent a kind of horoscope, one of the oldest...

A 20th-century CE painting depicting the Ertugrul Cavalry Regiment (named after the father of Osman (r. 1299-1326 CE), the founder of the Ottoman Empire) of the Ottoman Mansure (Victorious) army that had replaced the obsolete janissaries...