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Jezebel (d. c. 842 BCE) was the Phoenician Princess of Sidon who married Ahab, King of Israel (r. c. 871 - c. 852 BCE) according to the biblical books of I and II Kings, where she is portrayed unfavorably as a conniving harlot who corrupts...

Cuicuilco is an ancient settlement site in central Mexico, now located in southern Mexico City. Prominent in the late pre-Classic period, around 500 BCE, it is noted for its large circular temple mound, one of the earliest monumental structures...

Funeral altar of Quarta, early 2nd century CE, Rome, Marble. White marble cippe. The crown of the altar has a crown and band decoration, on the sides, an urceus (libation jug) and a hook. Lettering: D (is) M (anibus). Quatae coniugi optimae...

Tomb Altar for Julia Saturnia and Gaius Sulpicius Clytus. 130 CE. marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made of 50 pictures with MetaShape from Agisoft. For more updates, please consider to follow me on Twitter...

A Roman votive altar dedicated to Hecule Saxanus. Norroy (France, department of Meurthe-et-Moselle). Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap pro from Autodesk. The inscription reads: To Hercules Saxanus...

Cinerary Altar for Cornelia Cleopatra, found by the Via Appia, Rome. 100-150 CE, marble, Nye Carlsberg Glyptoteket (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento beta (now Remake) from Autodesk.

The threshing floors of the Bible were outdoor stone floors, usually circular in fashion, used by farmers to process the grain of their crops. For the larger community, like watermills of the recent past, they could be gathering places bustling...

For well over 1,000 years, sacred stories and heroic epics have made up the mythology of Hinduism. Nothing in these complex yet colourful legends is fixed and firm. Pulsing with creation, destruction, love, and war, it shifts and changes...

Women in ancient Egypt had greater rights than in any other civilization of the time. They could own land, initiate divorce, own and operate their own business, become scribes, priests, seers, dentists, and doctors. Although men were dominant...

Bath, the famous spa town in Somerset England, has attracted people from near and far for centuries to its healing springs and baths. Today the city is known for its beautiful Georgian architecture and as the destination for the wealthy elite...