Images

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)

A portrait of a girl holding a battledore and shuttlecock, Unknown artist, c. 1632 CE.

An early 17th century CE painting showing soldiers playing cards by Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632 CE). (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)

An illustration of an Elizabethan falconer. From the 1575 CE 'Book of Hunting'.

A miniature portrait by Nicholas Hilliard of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE) playing the lute.

Saint Anthony on the right panel of the Isenheim altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald and Nikolaus of Haguenau. Colmar.

A painting of a 16th-century CE kitchen by Joachim Beuckelaer, c. 1560-1565 CE. (Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands)

A still-life painting by Clara Peeters showing typical dishes of 16-17th century CE northern Europe. In the centre is a pie with a container behind it for salt and a typical low, round bread loaf in the foreground. The olives and orange would...