Images

The Battle of Red Cliffs, 208 CE, China, between the Cao Cao and warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

This winged scarab was put on a mummy cover. Gold and faience. From Thebes, Egypt. Late Period, 746-332 BCE. It is on display at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.

Photo showing display cases and video screens at the exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Visualization showing the skeleton of a young child, from Hawara, Roman Egypt, about 40-60 CE. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

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.