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The Barcid Dynasty rose to prominence during the crisis years of the First and Second Punic Wars, shaping Carthaginian military strategy in the western Mediterranean (c. 275–203 BCE). In the aftermath...

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE), China. Wooden, painted and gilded. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.

A glazed stone tray, 12th century CE, Jin Dynasty. (Museum of Asian Art, Corfu)

A bronze coin of the Korean Goryeo Dynasty. The legend reads: Tongguk tongbo, meaning 'Coin of the Eastern Kingdom' (Korea). 1097-1105 CE. (British Musem, London)

Bodhisattvas are enlighted beings who have chosen to stay in the world to help others achieve Buddhahood. Avalokitesvara is the Bodhisattva of Compassion, known in Chinese as Guanyin. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin...

This figure of a greyhound was made in the area between China's Shaanxi and Henan provinces during the Tang Dynasty, around c. 750 CE. (Museum Rietberg, Zürich).

Stoneware double-fish flask with brown glaze. 25 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 600s-700s CE. Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

The five Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. These were: - Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE) - centre photo - Tiberius (r. 14-37 CE) - top left - Caligula (r. 37-41 CE) - top right - Claudius (r. 41-54 CE...

This stele is carved with representations of events in the Lotus Sutra, one of the most important texts in early Chinese Buddhism. The Lotus Sutra is reconstructed as a magnificent drama, during which the historical Buddha...

Tang Dynasty camel, 650s-700s CE. Earthenware with pigment. 53 CM (Height) (Xi'an Museum. Photographed at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)