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An artist's depiction of a royal funerary procession in the Middle Ages. From the game Old World.

Painted terracotta funerary urn lid of an Etruscan woman, from Chiusi, ca. 150-120 BCE (Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany).

This is a funerary relief of a woman who lived in Syria when it was under Roman occupation (64 BCE-260 CE). It dates from the 2nd century CE, and it is made of limestone. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University...

The lady Marti, a funerary portrait of a woman from Palmyra, c. 170-190 CE (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen).

This is a funerary relief of a old man who lived in Syria when it was under Roman occupation (64 BCE-260 CE). It dates from the 3rd century CE, and it is made of limestone. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University...

This is a funerary relief of a man who lived in Syria when it was under Roman occupation (64 BCE-260 CE). It dates from the 2nd century CE, and it is made of limestone. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University...

Caligula (12-41 CE) was the third Roman emperor, who reigned from 37 to 41 CE. A member of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty, he came to power after the death of his great-uncle Tiberius. The ancient sources claim that he was initially a popular...

Tiberius (42 BCE to 37 CE) was the second Roman emperor, who reigned from 14 to 37 CE. The adopted son of Augustus, he led a long and tormented life of service to the Roman Empire before becoming princeps (emperor) in 14 CE. Though he was...

Zoroastrianism is the monotheistic faith established by the Persian prophet Zoroaster (also given as Zarathustra, Zartosht) between c. 1500-1000 BCE. It holds that there is one supreme deity, Ahura Mazda (Lord of Wisdom), creator and sustainer...

The Roman Forum or Forum Romanum of ancient Rome was the bustling religious, administrative, legal, and commercial heart of the city from the 7th century BCE onwards. Made increasingly grandiose and ceremonial in function by the Imperial...