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Buddha Shakyamuni and Attendants, Sri Lanka. 18th century CE, ivory with paint; ebony frame. On display as part of 'The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka' exhibition, at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California (2018-19)

A painted ivory comb, Sri Lanka, 18-19th century CE. On display as part of 'The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka' exhibition, at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California (2018-19)

A 15th century CE manuscript illustration showing a medieval market scene.

A map showing the late medieval trade routes by land and sea across Europe and Western Asia.

Archaeological finds as well as many place, land and family names in the eastern part of what is present-day German bear witness to the Slavic roots of the local history. Slavs settled the region of eastern Germany during the 6th and 7th...

Stein-am-Rhein, Switzerland is famed for its medieval timber architecture. One can frequently observe medieval and early modern frescoes on the timber structures, and some even feature bay windows. Stein-am Rhein has a long history and was...

The riverside town of Stein-am-Rhein, located in the canton of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, is arguably the country's best-preserved (and prettiest) medieval town. Lying at the point where the Rhine River exits the Bodensee, Stein-am...

These Alemanni belt buckles are made from elk antlers and bronze. They date from the 6th or 7th century CE and come from a cemetery in Kallnach-Bergweg, which is located in Canton Bern, Switzerland. (Landesmuseum, Zürich.)

The heart of the Cathedral Abbey of St. Gall, located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, is its Cathedral. Despite years of struggles during the stormy Reformation era in the 1500s CE, the current cathedral imparts nothing but peaceful elegance...

These large statues, grouped by three at the four corners of a portal at the Cathedral of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, represent various biblical figures: Apostles, evangelists, prophets and ancestors of Christ some of whom have been...