Images

The Amphitheatre of Durrës (Roman Dyrrachium) in Albania was built in the 2nd century CE and held 15,000 to 20,000 people. It is among the largest monuments of antiquity to have survived on Albanian territory.

The north-western edge of the Agora of Apollonia in Albania with the Bouleterion, the Triumphal Arch and the Odeon.

The rectangular basin of the Nymphaeum at Apollonia in Albania, fed by the underground water sources. 3rd century BCE. It is the biggest and best-preserved monument of Apollonia covering an area of 1,500 square metres.

The southeastern gate of Amantia in Albania, built in the first half of the 4th century BCE. Amantia, founded around the middle of the 5th century BCE, was the historical capital of the ancient Greek tribe of the Amantes.

An aerial view of Caerphilly Castle in Wales, built between 1268 and 1290 CE.

Stained glass depicting King Jehu St Ouen, Rouen France.

In the left light, Elijah is fed by ravens in the desert; in the right light, he defeats the prophets of Baal, and in the central light, he is taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot.Victorian glass from Ely Cathedral.

Jezabel and Ahab by Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, c. 1863 CEScarborough Art Gallery

Mantlepiece with relief of Paris and Oenone, 1738 CE, made by Jean Baptiste Xavery for the principal room of the house at 48 Rapenburg in Leiden, where Diederick, Baron van Leyden, livedRijkmuseum, Amsterdam.

Artist's impression of what the court of a Persian governor may have looked like.