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A scene depicting warriors fighting over a corpse, probably a scene from the Iliad and the fallen warrior is Patrokles. Attic black-figure kalyx krater, c. 530 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

An Attic black-figure neck-amphora (540-530 BCE) depicting Hercules wearing his lion skin and engaged in one of his celebrated 12 labours. The hero wrestles the hind of Keryneia and is breaking off one of its golden horns. On the left stands...

A black-figure kantharos (drinking cup) depicting Hercules and centaurs. From Boeotia, c. 550 BCE. (Antikensammlungen, Munich).

An Attic black-figure plate from the Etruscan city of Vulci, central Italy. The figure is an archer blowing the trumpet typically used in battles. 520-500 BCE. (British Museum, London)

A detail of an Attic black-figure amphora showing two hoplites and an old man seated. 6th century BCE. From a tomb in Cerveteri. (Archaeological Museum, Milan, Italy)

Georgia, lying at the junction of Europe and Asia, is a country of ancient myths with a rich and turbulent history. Home to the first European hominids and the birthplace of wine, Georgia's roots trace back to ancient civilisations. Throughout...

Stone statues overlook the Ariake Sea at Hara Castle, photograph by Matthew Allison, 4 October 2025. At the highest point of Hara Castle, where the inner ward housing the Shimabara Rebellion's leaders would have once been, three stone statues...

A colourised version of a 1940 photograph of the German battleship Bismarck at sea. The ship was sunk in action in May 1941 in the Atlantic. (German Federal Archives)

A 1907 CE Bible card depicting Moses and the parting of the Red Sea.

A map illustrating possible sea routes used for political and cultural embassies from ancient Japan to Tang Dynasty China.