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No doubt thousands of statues still remain to be unearthed at this archaeological site, which was not discovered until 1974. Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the...

Marble statue of a woman from Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, also known as the Tomb of Mausolus. Identified as Artemisia, wife of Maussollos. From Mausoleum, the main sculptural deposit, north of the north wall of the Peribolus...

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World represent the pinnacle of human creativity, ambition, and engineering skill in classical antiquity. Compiled by Greek scholars during the Hellenistic period (c. 3rd century...

Marble statue of a man from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, also known as the Tomb of Mausolus. Identified as Mausolus, king of Caria. From the main sculptural deposit, north of the north wall of the Peribolus. Classical Greek...

Colossal statues of a man and a woman from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, traditionally identified as Mausolus and Artemisia II, around 350 BCE. (British Museum, London)

Greek architecture is concerned with simplicity, proportion, perspective, and harmony in buildings. Greek architecture includes some of the finest and most distinctive buildings ever built. Examples of Greek architecture include...

Juba II (c. 48 BCE - 23 CE) was a Numidian prince and the king of Mauretania from c. 25 BCE until his death in 23 CE. He was raised in the household of Julius Caesar (c. 100-44 BCE) and married Cleopatra Selene II (40 - c. 17/5 BCE...

Thugga (also Dougga) was a town in North Africa which was first a Numidian and then a Carthaginian settlement before being incorporated into the Roman Empire. The town was built on a strategically favourable limestone hilltop overlooking...

Carsulae in Umbria, central Italy, was founded c. 300 BCE and only became a prosperous urban centre after it was connected by the Via Flaminia towards the end of the 3rd century BCE. It was granted the status...

This collection features reconstructions of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Colossus of Rhodes. Out of the Seven Wonders, only one is still standing...