Hadrian's Wall: Did you mean...?

Part of the surviving wall from the Inca sacred precinct of Coricancha at Cuzco, 15th century CE. The site was reused for the monastery of Santo Domingo.

This fragmentary wall-paining depicts Phaedra with an attendant, probably her nurse. The story of Phaedra's tragic love for her step-son is depicted in other early imperial paintings, often in connection with similar Greek literary themes...

This wall-painting depicts a reclining Naiad (water-nymph), drinking from a horn. This panel adorned the "Red Room" behind the triclinium (dining room) of the villa. A companion panel from the same room is in the Museo Nazionale Archeologico...

The goddess Isis, wall painting from the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, c. 1360 BCE.

This polychrome hieroglyphic inscription includes parts of the "Litany of the Eyes of Horus". The hieroglyphic signs were painted with vibrant colors and carved in raised relief on a white background, forming five vertical lines. The signs...

A wall-hanging portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo, victor in the Genpei War (1180-1185 CE) for control of the Japanese imperial throne.

Alabaster bas relief depicting marching shield bearers accompanied by a group of musicians who carry different musical instruments, from Nineveh, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, reign of king Sennacherib, 705-681 BCE. The...

A wall-painting from the Etruscan Tomb of the Lionesses (actually panthers) at Tarquinia. In this scene are dancers and musicians. 530-520 BCE.

Richelieu on the Sea Wall of La Rochelle, oil on canvas by Henri-Paul Motte, 1881. Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle.

Wall relief of Apkallu with standard inscription of Ashurnasirpal II from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), c. 880 BCE.