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This small terracotta figurine is part of the so-called "Tanagra Figurines", which represent wealthy middle-class women. These statuettes served as votive and funerary objects, carrying a symbolic meaning connected with the status...

A silver coin minted during the reign of Toregene as regent of the Mongol Empire (r. 1241-1246 CE). (Private collection)

A 14th century CE illustration of the Mongol Tolui (son of Genghis Khan) and his wife Sorghaghtani. (From 'Genghis Khan et l’Empire Mongol' by Jean-Paul Roux, collection “Découvertes Gallimard” (nº 422), série Histoire)

A portrait of an unnamed wife of the Chinese emperor Yingzong of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (r. 1320-1323). National Palace Museum, Taipei.

This Dish or drinking cup is part of the so-called "Hildesheim Silver Treasure" and depicts a medallion of a seated figure of Athena/Minerva wearing a triple-crested helmet. The Hildesheim silver...

The Santa Fosca Church at Torcello, Italy, was constructed during the 11th and 12th centuries and its ground construction is modeled after a Greek cross.

One of the many colorful canals at Burano, Venetian Lagoon, Italy.

The Venetian Lagoon as seen from the bell tower at Torcello. Burano is seen on the neighboring island, while Venice can be glimpsed in the distance.

Outside wall of the Museo di Torcello with a collection of different archaeological finds.

The ”Attila's Throne”, located at Torcello, Italy, did according to legend belong to Attila, king of the Huns (r. 434 – 453 CE). However, the theory is disputed and rejected by most historians, and the stone thrones' original...