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The Gupta Empire (c. 320–550 CE) emerged from the Magadha (modern Bihar), establishing political dominance over much of northern, central, and western India...

Map showing some of the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) trade routes that existed in North-West Europe during this time. Among the places depicted are such major trading centres are Hededy, Ribe, Birka and Kaupang...

Map of Akrotiri in the Bronze Age, ca. 1600 BC.

This stela is from Solana de Cabañas (Cabañas del Castillo, Cáceres), Spain and dates from the Late Bronze Age. It is made of slate, and it was unearthed in the late 19th century CE. This was the first specimen...

Three Viking Age swords dated to between c. 750-950 CE are shown here. They were found in the river Meuse near Den Bosch, Aalburg and Wessem, in the Netherlands. They now belong to the collections of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden...

Hercules and Geras, son of Nyx and the personification of old age. Detail from an Attic red-figure pelike attributed to the Geras Painter, c. 480-470 BCE. Louvre, Paris.

Bronze Age village reconstruction. Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany.

Reconstructed Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) farm in Avaldsnes, Norway, including main longhouse and various outbuildings.

This granite stela dates from the Early or Middle Bronze Age. It was discovered in Cáceres, Spain. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid)

These bowls are from the Late Bronze Age settlement of Axtroki (Bolibar, Excoriatza, Guipúzcoa), Spain and are made from pure gold. When they were found, one bowl was inside the other. It has recently been suggested...