Images

The Mamluks under Baibars (yellow) fought off the Franks and the Mongols during the Ninth Crusade.

A dinar of Mamluk Sultan Barakah, minted in Alexandria in 1277/78 CE.

The mausoleum of Qalawun. For a time, Mamluk sultans after him received their coronation here.

Fresco depicting Iphigenia, daughter of King Agamemnon, with the Palladium (cult image of Pallas Athena). Mid-1st century CE. From Room 30 of the Villa San Marco in Stabiae, Italy.

The walls of the portico of the peristyle of Villa San Marco in Stabiae (Italy) are decorated in the Fourth Pompeian Style with red panels on black background above a lower black frieze. Mid-1st century CE.

The upper peristyle of Villa San Marco in Stabiae (Italy), with its surrounding portico and spiral-fluted columns, was added to the villa in the later years of its existence (just before 79 CE). The ceiling of the portico was lavishly decorated...

The large peristyle of Villa San Marco in Stabiae (Italy) contained a 30m (98 ft) long garden and pool. Originally a line of plane trees ran down the sides of the pool and the trees have been replanted accordingly. 1st century CE.

The tetrastyle atrium of the private bath complex of Villa San Marco at Stabiae (Italy). It is decorated in the Fourth Pompeian Style with red panels on a black background. 1st century CE.

A detail of a modern stained glass window showing the death of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-155 CE) and one of the primary architects of the English Reformation. (Christ Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA).

A posthumous portrait by an unknown artist of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-155 CE) and one of the primary architects of the English Reformation. (Lambeth Palace, London)