Images

Polychrome ware from the Greater Nicoya Archaeological Region, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Jade Necklace, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica

Jade Drill, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Pre-Columbian Pottery, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica,

Stone Spheres, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica.

The Lion of Babylon (أسد بابل), a stone sculpture found in the ancient city of Babylon, modern-day Iraq in 1876. It may have been built by either Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE) or the Hittites (notice the absence of "eagle's wings"). Photograph...

The Shari-den building of the Buddhist monastery site Engakuji, Kamakura, Japan. Established c. 1283 CE, the building is the only survivor from the Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE) and is thought to house a tooth of the Buddha brought from...

Battle of Cynossema, 411 BCE. Athenian fleet in blue, Spartan navy in red.

A reconstruction of the late Iron Age hillfort in Heuneburg, Germany. Heuneburg was first fortified in the 16th Century BCE, but was abandoned in the Late Bronze Age. Heuneburg was again fortified in the 6th Century BCE with a mud brick wall...

A reconstruction of an Iron Age grave from Hochdorf an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This burial mound is associated with the Hallstatt Culture, and the man interred is believed to have been a Celtic "prince" or chieftain. The grave...