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A portrait of Pope Julius II (r. 1503-1513 CE) by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, c. 1512 CE. (National Gallery London)

The Entombment of Christ (aka The Deposition) by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE). Completed in 1507 CE, the scene shows the body of Jesus Christ being removed from the Cross. (Galleria Borghese, Rome)

According to the Bible, Nehushtan was a metal serpent mounted on a staff that Moses had made, by God’s command, to cure the Israelites of snake bites while wandering in the desert.  Detail of a window in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

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.

Arsameia on the Nymphaios (Arsameia ad Nymphaeum) is located at the foot of Mount Nemrut in Eastern Turkey. In the 1st century BCE, it was a royal seat and the summer capital of the Kingdom of Commagene, an ancient kingdom of the Hellenistic...

The Great Cult Inscription contains the history of the founding of Arsameia on the Nymphaios, a royal seat, and the summer capital of the Kingdom of Commagene located at the foot of Mount Nemrut in Eastern Turkey. The Great Cult Inscription...

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...