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Shamash-Shum-Ukin Monument
This monument depicts Shamash-shum-ukin as a basket bearer. He was the Assyrian king of Babylon from 668-648 BCE, and was the second son of Esarhaddon. Shamash-shum-ukin was killed after an unsuccessful rebellion against Ashurbanipal, his...
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Prehistoric Monument Stonehenge, c. 3000-1600 BCE - Circles of Time: From Earthworks to Megaliths at Stonehenge
This infographic illustrates the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge, a 5,000-year-old megalithic structure located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It traces the site's construction phases from circa 3000 to 1600 BCE, highlighting...
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Martin Luther Monument
A monument of Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546), German theologian and prominent figure of the Protestant Reformation.
Wittenberg, Germany.
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Stone Monument of Esarhaddon
Irregular rectangular-sided monument recording Esarhaddon's restoration of Babylon; possibly black basalt; carved symbols on the upper surface. Height 8.5 inches. The stone is not local to Mesopotamia. The irregular shape of the object...
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Public Monument in Portugal
This is a public monument in Portugal that is typical of azulejos (glazed ceramic tiles) that show Portugal's proud seafaring history. Date of the panel is not known. Date the photo taken is not known.
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River Raisin Massacre Monument
A monument commemorating the Kentuckians killed in the massacre following the Battle of the River Raisin (23 January 1813) at the battlefield in present-day Monroe, Michigan. Photo by Notorious4life, July 2010.
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St. Hilda monument, Whitby
Detail from a monument to St. Hilda (614 - 680 CE) in Whitby, England. The coiled ammonite shells at St. Hilda's feet are a reference to a legend in which she turned snakes which plagued Whitby to stone. This legend helped to explain the...
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John Paul Jones Monument
John Paul Jones (1747-1792), a Scottish-born sailor who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), monument in Washington, D.C.
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Utu-Hegal's Stone Monument
The cuneiform inscriptions on this fragment of a stone monument mention the name of Utu-Hegal, King of Uruk. 2125 BCE, from Ur, Mesopotamia, Iraq.
The British Museum, London.
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Funerary Monument of M. Annius Lucus
Funerary Monument of M. Annius Lucus, a centurion of several legions: Legio XV Apollinaris, Legio VII Gemina, Legio X Gemina, and Legio III Gallica, 170-200 CE.
Aquincum Museum, Budapest.
