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The caves of Ajanta (2nd century BCE – 6th century CE) contain many poignantly depicted mythological tales. One of these, the story of Chhaddanta Jataka, is found in Cave 17.

The Toji temple was first built between 794-796 CE by decree of Emperor Kammu (r. 781-806 CE) in Kyoto, Japan. The temple complex contains a five-story pagoda, which stands 54.8 m (180 ft) high. It is the tallest wooden...

Toji temple in Kyoto, Japan was first built between 794-796 CE by decree of Emperor Kammu (r. 781-806 CE). The temple complex contains a five-story pagoda, which stands 54.8 m (180 ft) high. It is the tallest...

This papyrus is written in Aramaic and mentions the story of Ahiqar (the Words of Ahikar) who was a chancellor to the Assyrian kings Sennacherib (r. 705-681 BCE) and Esarhaddon (r. 681-669 BCE). This papyrus came from Elephantine...

Cover of Rome: An Empire's Story Second Edition by Greg Woolf. Published by Oxford University Press.

The Story of Tutankhamun: An Intimate Life of the Boy Who Became King by Garry Shaw.

Cover of Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth by Gordon Campbell. Published by Oxford University Press.

This literary text narrates the war between Gilgamesh (king of Uruk) and Aga (the last king of the first dynasty Kish). The Epic of Gilgamesh mentioned that Aga had besieged Uruk. Purchase. From Southern Mesopotamia...

Anthropomorphic Coyote trickster, from North American Indigenous mythology, canoeing up the river. Illustration from page 84 of Indian Days of the Long Ago by F. N. Wilson and Edward S. Curtis, Yonkers-on-Hudson...

In the left light, Elijah is fed by ravens in the desert; in the right light, he defeats the prophets of Baal, and in the central light, he is taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot.Victorian glass from Ely Cathedral.