3D Images

Lintel, Kapilapura in Angkor, Cambodia, 11th century CE, sandstone. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality. Indra, god of the storm and guardian of the East, is riding his horse, the three-headed elephant...

Clay cuneiform tablet. Note of ten sheep and ten goats taken from flocks in the city of Ur and sent off for delivery by Ur-kununna. Dated in the 5th year of Gimil-Sin, king of Ur, c. 2220 BCE. (Accession No 1931.271) Museum of Archaeology...

Temple I, Tikal, Gautemala. The temple was used as the tomb of Maya ruler Jasaw Chan K'awiil (r. 682-734 CE). The structure is 50 metres high and the steps climbing to the top are set at an angle of over 70 degrees.

A 3D model of Stonehenge, a Neolithic / Bronze Age monument located on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, southern England. The first monument on the site, began around 3100 BCE, was a circular ‘henge’ earthwork about 360 feet (110 metres) in diameter...

A 3D image of a horned mythical creature. Chinses, Jade, 221-263 CE.

Abu Simbel is an ancient temple complex, originally cut into a solid rock cliff, in southern Egypt and located at the second cataract of the Nile River. The two temples which comprise the site were created during the reign of Ramesses II...

Centaur tormented by Eros, Greek, Hellenistic 150-125 BCE (Roman copy), from 1638 CE in the Villa Borghese in Rome, Paris, Louvre, inv. 562. The Royal Cast Collection (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from AutoDesk...

There were few paths into Chaco Canyon in what is present-day New Mexico from the north due to a large cliff face. Only at the “falls” end of the was was it possible to climb down. This was difficult enough that stairs were carved into the...

This is a reproduction of a statuette in cut stone from Augusta Raurica, which is located in present-day Switzerland. It dates from c. 40-60 CE. It comes from the necropolis along im Sager.

Double-spout and bridge vessel with anthropomorphic being, 325-440 CE, Nazca. Earthenware with polychrome pigments. Overall: 6 9/16 in x 6 3/4 in x 6 13/16 in; 16.7 cm x 17.1 cm x 17.3 cm. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Mathias (Barbara V...