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Sargon II (r. 722-705 BCE), one of the most important kings of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and founder of the Sargonid Dynasty, with a dignitary on a low-relief from the left wall of the palace of Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin in...

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...

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

This panel from a painted wall depicts the wine-god Bacchus and his companion, Silenus. Bacchus pours wine from a cup for the panther while Silenus plays the lyre. From a villa at Boscoreale, near Pompeii...

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

A section of a wall-painting with relief ornament and painted rosettes from Akrotiri on Thera (Santorini), 17th century BCE. (Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini).

A wall painting from Pompeii showing a procession of magistrates all wearing their purple-edged togas, the toga praetexta. (Murecine building, 1st century CE)

This large wall panel of vibrant glazed bricks was once placed above the entrance to a vast room (T3) next to Shalmaneser III's throne room at Fort Shalmaneser in Nimrud (in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq...

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

The International Monument to the Reformation (Reformation Wall), Geneva, Switzerland. The monument honors the leading figures of Calvinism and was unveiled in 1909 on the 400th anniversary...