Images

Visualization showing the skeleton of a young child, Roman period, about 40-60 C.E., Hawara, Egypt, EA 22108.

Canopic jars of Djedbastetiuefankh, 30th Dynasty, c. 380–343 BCE, Hawara, Egypt, limestone, EA 22374, EA 22375, EA 22376, and EA 22377.

Inner coffin of Nestawedjat, 25th Dynasty, about 700-680 BCE, EA 22812a.

Visualization of the body of Tamut, Third Intermediate Period, early 22nd Dynasty, about 900 BCE, EA 22939.

Visualisation of the mummy of Irthorru, 26th Dynasty, about 600 BCE, EA 20745.

Model of a funerary boat, 12th Dynasty, c. 1985–1795 BCE, provenance unknown, sycamore fig wood, EA 9525.

The castle of Alamut, Qazvin, Iran, one-time castle of the Assassins (aka Nizari Ismailis) before their destruction at the hands of the Mongols in the 1250s CE.

A mid-15th century CE manuscript illustration showing an audience with Mongke Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire from 1251 to 1259 CE. From the 'Tarikh-i Jahangushay-i Juvaini' by Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226-1283 CE). (National Library of France...

Mongol hunters using traditional weapons as used during the Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th century CE.

A panoramic view of the Mongolian Steppe.