Images

This was part of a marble architrave. The row of sculpted metopes on the north side of the temple to the goddess of the city of Ilion, Athena, began with an image of the sun god's Quadriga rising out of the sea. Like the Parthenon in Athens...

This partly preserved head of a young man with idealized facial features is understood to represent a Hellenistic ruler, due to the band in his curly hair. Certain classification is however not possible. Historically plausible suggestions...

This small terracotta figurine is part of the so-called "Tanagra Figurines", which represent wealthy middle-class women. These statuettes served as votive and funerary objects, carrying a symbolic meaning connected with the status and role...

A silver coin minted during the reign of Toregene as regent of the Mongol Empire (r. 1241-1246 CE). (Private collection)

A 14th century CE illustration of the Mongol Tolui (son of Genghis Khan) and his wife Sorghaghtani. (From 'Genghis Khan et l’Empire Mongol' by Jean-Paul Roux, collection “Découvertes Gallimard” (nº 422), série Histoire)

A portrait of an unnamed wife of the Chinese emperor Yingzong of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (r. 1320-1323 CE). (National Palace Museum, Taipei)

This Dish or drinking cup is part of the so-called "Hildesheim Silver Treasure" and depicts a medallion of a seated figure of Athena/Minerva wearing a triple-crested helmet. The Hildesheim silver treasure, consisting of more than 70 pieces...

The Santa Fosca Church at Torcello, Italy, was constructed during the 11th and 12th centuries and its ground construction is modeled after a Greek cross.

One of the many colorful canals at Burano, Venetian Lagoon, Italy.

The Venetian Lagoon as seen from the bell tower at Torcello. Burano is seen on the neighboring island, while Venice can be glimpsed in the distance.