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Al-Khazneh (Arabic: الخزنة‎; “The Treasury”), is one of the most elaborate temples in the ancient Nabataean city of Petra in present-day Jordan. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, including the Monastery (Arabic: Ad...

The Chapel Saint-Georges was the private chapel for the Catholic dukes of Savoy in the Middle Ages. Although the chapel was no longer used after the Swiss Reformation in the 16th century CE, the room served as an attic and powder deposit...

This silver coin is a late Roman argenteus minted in Constantinople under the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306-337 CE). The coin, which is in the university coin collection of Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany...

Upper part of standing figure with head; carved and polished mottled green dolerite; but neck restored. Gudea was the ruler of the city-state of Lagash. One of a dynasty of rulers in southern Mesopotamia who expanded their authority following...

Dara or Daras (Greek: Δάρας) was an important East Roman and Byzantine fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire. Because of its great strategic importance, it featured prominently in the Roman-Persian conflicts...

Part of grey and pink granodiorite stela bearing priestly decree concerning Ptolemy V in three blocks of text: Hieroglyphic (14 lines), Demotic (32 lines) and Greek (54 lines). The inscription is a decree passed by a council of priests, one...

Steatite Seal Width: 1.87 inches Date: 2600-1900 BCE Indus seal from Mohenjo-daro, modern Pakistan, about 2600 to 1900 BCE. Some of the earliest evidence of the use of symbols and script in India, from the Indus Valley cities of Mohenjo-daro...

The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia, close to present-day Fethiye in Mugla Province, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to...

Hisham’s Palace is an Umayyad structure that is listed among the last of the surviving antiquities of Romans and Byzantines. It was built by Walid Ibn Yazid in 734 CE near Jericho in the Jordan Valley during the reign of Caliph Hisham Ibn...

Fragment of Attic stele, 1st century CE, Greece, marble. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality. High resolution model available on demand for free. Two Corinthian columns support an architrave...