Images

The crown and salamander symbol used by Francis I of France (r. 1515-1547 CE). From the Château d'Amboise, France.

A geometric amphora with a battle scene including a chariot. 8th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Paros, Greece)

A detail of an Attic black-figure amphora showing two hoplites and an old man seated. 6th century BCE. From a tomb in Cerveteri. (Archaeological Museum, Milan, Italy)

A portion of an Egyptian Book of the Dead in the hieroglyphic cursive script of Pashed. Papyrus. XVIII-XIX Dynasty. (Archaeological Museum, Milan, Italy)

A funerary stele from Thebes, Egypt. Plastered and painted wood. 7th-4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Milan, Italy)

A detail of the sandstone warrior figures often called the “Prince of Glauberg’, excavated at the site in Hesse, Germany. It is an example of La Tène culture sculpture and dates to the second half of the 5th century...

"St. Thomas Aquinas, Fountain of Wisdom" (French: "Saint Thomas d’Aquin, Fontaine de Sagesse") by French painter Nicolas Antoine in 1648 CE. Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

Photo of Monte Cassino abbey in Italy. The monastery was established in the 6th Century CE, and reached its peak in the 11th Century CE. Over the centuries, the monastery was damaged by wars and political turmoil. It was finally...

Painting of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274 CE) by Italian painter Carlo Crivelli (c. 1435-1495 CE). Part of the Demidoff Altarpiece, made c. 1476 CE for the Church of San Domenico in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. 61 cm (24...

Illustration of Monte Cassino in the 15th-century Nuremberg Chronicle. Published in Nuremberg, Germany, 1493.