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Male head carved of yellowish limestone with traces of ochre paint and crowned in the Egyptian "atef" style. He has Western Asiatic lineament, such as the beard, straight mustache, big eyes, and long neck...

Aview of the Al-Masjid An-Nabawi in Medina, Arabia. The mosque was built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad c. 622 CE, and over the centuries has been expanded and renovated significantly by later rulers.

Detail of the "Pashley Sarcophagus", a Roman sarcophagus with a relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysos from India, circa 125-150 CE, found in Arvi (Crete). Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (UK).

The outline is incised and then roughly cut round. A bridle is indicated and, on the extreme left, perhaps the knee of the rider. Presented by the Committee of the British School at Athens. Greek, about 500...

A 1901 oil on canvas still life, Sunflowers in an Armchair, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist painter. Gauguin had asked for seeds of sunflowers to be sent to him from Europe so that he...

Alabaster bas-relief detail showing the head of an Apkallu or protective spirit. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel D1, Room G, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London...

In India, the lion is known as the Lord of Beasts and has royal associations. This marble white panel is an architectural figure from the base of an Indian temple. From India, 11th century CE. (National Museum of Scotland...

This figure was made of a slipped and brown pigmented earthenware. It represents a male dancer, possibly an African or Indonesian. It was found in a Chinese tomb. Tang Dynasty, 8th century CE. (The British...

Comanche Warrior Lancing an Osage, at Full Speed, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1837-1839. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

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