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West wall of Chamber B of the Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary near Hattusa (13th century BCE) depicting the Twelve Gods of the Underworld. They wear short shirts, belts and shoes curling up at the toe. They each carry a crescent-shaped sword...

The Yazilikaya Hittite sanctuary near Hattusa was made of two rock chambers, later labelled Chamber A and Chamber B by archaeologists. The walls of each chamber were covered with the richest and most striking samples of Hittite relief art...

Entrance to Chamber B of the Yazilikaya Hittite Rock Sanctuary near Hattusa (13th century BCE) with a relief of a winged, lion-headed demon.

Hittite rock reliefs in Chamber A of the Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary (13th century BCE). On the left wall, the relief depicts the meeting between Teshub, the Hurrian god of sky and storm, and Hepat, the mother goddess of the Hurrians. On...

Rock relief in Chamber A of the Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary (13th century BCE) depicting two bull-headed men standing between male gods on the hieroglyphic symbol of the earth, and supporting the sky.

The angel of death striking a door during the plague of Rome; engraving by Levasseur after Jules-Elie Delaunay (1828-1891 CE).

A fresco of Bishop Marianos and the Vrigin Mary, Faras Cathedral, Nubia (modern Sudan). 11th century CE. (Polish National Museum, Warsaw)

The Great Nativity, a wall fresco from Faras Cathedral, Nubia. 10th-11th century CE.

Rock relief in Chamber A of the Yazilikaya Hittite Sanctuary (13th century BCE) near Hattusa depicting a procession of male deities. They all wear shoes curling up at the toe, and many are armed with either a sickle-shaped sword or a mace...

The Yazilikaya Hittite sanctuary was made of two rock chambers, later labelled Chamber A and Chamber B by archaeologists. The walls of each chamber were covered with the richest and most striking samples of Hittite relief art. They featured...