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Belief in an afterlife was common in the ancient world, as it is today, and each culture created its own unique vision of the land that existed beyond the grave. Even with their differences, there are many...

A gouache on paper painting titled "The Mirror and the Mask" (2) by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Jean-Michel Basquiat, the voice of the streets. From concrete...

Pottery amphora with applied jewel motifs and grotesque heads; neck and hands are missing. During the South and Northen dynasties, this jewel motif and other applied designs were adopted by...

The rise of Constantine I "the Great" (c. 272–337 CE; reign 306–337 CE) occurred amidst the political instability of the later Roman Empire, following the...

This is a detail of the so-called "Peace Scene" of the Standard of Ur. Here, on the left, a man, wearing a flounced skirt, sits on a chair (or stool) and drinks from a cup. Behind him, a man holds (and plays...

This bronze mirror is decorated with figures of Xi Wang Mu, the Queen Mother of the West, and her consort, Dong Wang Gong, as well as animals of the four directions and other creatures. Inscribed...

The site where the monks of Glastonbury Abbey supposedly discovered King Arthur and his wife Guinevere’s burial site in 1191 CE. According to the story, Arthur and Guinevere were later...

A pair of human-headed and winged-bulls (lamassu), stood on either side of a gate at one of the citadel walls at Khorsabad. Two human-headed and winged protective spirits or genies stand behind the...

Figures of the Egyptian god Amun (wearing the plumed headdress) and his consort, the goddess Mut (wearing the royal vulture headdress and the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Each holds a scepter and an ankh. The figures were...

The Zulu Kingdom emerged in the early 19th century as a centralized and militarized state under Shaka Zulu (reign c. 1816–1828), whose reforms reshaped...