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The Tauroctony depicting Mithras slaying the bull. The relief was found at the Walbrook site and is now on display at the Museum of London. Dating from ca. 240 - ca. 4th century CE.

Old Kannada inscription (780 CE) of Rashtrakuta King Dhruva Dharavarsha, Naregal, India. Ref source: Epigraphia Indica and Record of the Archæological Survey of India, Volume 6, (1900), pp.162-163

Jain Narayana temple, Pattadakal, India, constructed by the Rashtrakuta Dynasty in the 9th century CE.

A red-figure krater showing a scene where harpies attack King Phineus. Attica, c. 450 BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Ferrara, Italy)

Baked clay perforated plaque showing a heavily armoured horseman (cataphract) wearing scale or lamellar armour and a "coal skuttle" helmet, spearing a lion. 3rd century BCE - 2nd century CE British Museum

Tomb of Paätenemheb, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden

This 18th-Dynasty papyrus contains a collection of literary texts. On the recto is a series of love songs, comprising a first cycle (1.1-4.1), a second cycle (4.1-6.2) followed by the Harpist's Song from the mansion of Intef (6.2-7.3), a...

A mural of a blind musician playing a harp, from the tomb of the ancient Egyptian scribe called Nakht. c. 1422-1411 BCE

The Roman aqueduct on the Greek island of Lesbos. Located near the village of Moría and intended to bring water to the city-state of Mytilene. Built around 200 BCE.

This fragment of a relief depicts the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV (r. 1353-1336 BCE later known as Akhenaten) at his Jubilee. He stands below the rays of god Aten and wears the White Crown of Upper Egypt. Painted sandstone. New Kingdom...