Images

A modern recreation of the palatial cult centre at Mycenae during the Greek Bronze Age, by Rocío Espin. Courtesy of Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.

Artist's impression of a view across the Agora on an early summer evening, looking southeast towards the Acropolis. Trees and plants had been planted in the Agora from the time of Cimon in the mid fifth century BC. Left of centre is the Altar...

Wall decoration in the Fourth Pompeian Style consisting of black central panels with architectural motifs. House of the Black Hall in Herculaneum. 1st century CE.

The Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus lies in the suburban dIstrict of Herculaneum, near the ancient waterfront. Dominating the terrace are a statue of M. Nonius Balbus, together with a memorial altar set up in his honour. Balbus was a native...

This is the frontal bas-relief of a Parthian king offering sacrifice to the god Heracles-Verethragna, patron god of royal dynasties, presently housed in room 310 of the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. 2nd-3rd century CE.

The remains of a thermopolium (cook-shop) that sold food and drink in Herculaneum. Eight earthenware jars that would have contained cereals, vegetables and ready-to-eat food are set in the counter.

View of the Decumanus Maximus (main east-west axis) of Herculaneum with the House of the Black Hall on the left and the House of the Bicentenary on the right.

Mosaic decoration depicting the sea god Neptune with his wife Amphitrite. Summer triclinium of the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum.

“The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the whole face of the earth would have changed” ~ Blaise Pascal, Pensées 162. On the basis of portrait coins struck by Cleopatra, philosophers such as Blaise Pascal (1623-1662 CE) assumed...

Stemma (reduced family tree) of Arsinoe II, the daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice I, showing her three marriages to Lysimachus, her half-brother Ptolemy Ceraunus, and her full brother Ptolemy II, who was first married to Lysimachus’ daughter...