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Yazılıkaya is a Hittite rock sanctuary located about 1.5 kilometres northeast of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. It is the largest known Hittite rock monument. The sanctuary consisted of a temple-like...

The remaining part of the royal palace of Old Dongola, Sudan. Built c. 1002 CE, it was converted into a mosque in 1317 CE.

14th-century CE manuscript of Marie de France's Yonec. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Manuscrits (fr. 24432)

Marie de France (wrote c. 1160-1215 CE), from an illuminated manuscript now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France: BnF, Arsenal Library, Ms. 3142 fol. 256.

The ruins of the North Church at Old Dongola, Sudan. 13th century CE.

Muslim qubba tombs near Old Dongola, Sudan. 17th century CE.

The Church of the Granite Columns at Old Dongola, Sudan. 7th century CE.

Two couples - Paris & Helen, Tristan & Iseult by Giovanni dal Ponte (1385–1438 CE) Czartoryski Museum

Illuminated manuscript depicting the story of Tristan and Iseult. c. 1450-1500 CE. Condé Museum, Ms. 645-647, f.234 recto

A cast brass manilla from Nigeria, used as a currency in the kingdom of Benin (13th-19th century CE) and other West African states. Width: 6 cms. (British Museum, London)