Images

This is a model of a Chola ship, rebuilt by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Location: Government Museum, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu state, India

This relief depicts an ancient Indian ship likely to have been used by Indian adventurers sailing to Java, Indonesia. Location: Borobudur temple, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

This map is derived from the book Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. It depicts trade routes in the ancient world, ports in the Chera territory and other parts of India and the trade routes connecting them to other parts of the world along with...

This Ajanta mural depicts an ancient Indian ship with high stem and stern and three oblong sails attached to three masts. Steering-oars can also be seen. Location: Cave No. 2, Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra state, India

This statuette portrays a worshipper holding an image of the head of Hathor, an Egyptian goddess of fertility and motherhood. The statuette was made in Egypt during the Ramesside period (1292-1076 BCE). The statuette currently belongs...

This marble portrait of a diademed man is believed to depict a Ptolemaic king. The piece is made of marble from Asia Minor and was produced in Alexandria, Egypt. The portrait is part of the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Digital...

This roughly worked and approximately life-size marble portrait depicts a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The portrait was carved in Alexandria, Egypt, sometime during the 2nd Century BCE and is now part of the collection of the J. Paul...

This 2nd Century CE tempera painting on wood panel depicts the Hellenized form of the Egyptian goddess Isis. In the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, Eastern deities and cultic practices became increasingly widespread and attracted devotees...

A pair of Hellenistic gold earrings, 4th century BCE. Found in tomb II of Mogilanska Mogila tumulus at Vratsa. (Regional Historical Museum, Vratsa, Bulgaria) Photography: Regional Historical Museum, Vratsa, Bulgaria.

Map depicting the Byzantine Empire in 1045 CE showing its administrative divisions and its neighbours.