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This limestone statuette depicts the pure-priest Renefres, son of the lady Senebi. He appears striding. Middle kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1543-1292 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (With thanks...

Stone stela of Ashurbanipal, the king is shown with a ritual basket of earth on his head as the royal builder for the accession of Shamash-shum-ukin and the restoration of Esagil, the sanctuary of Marduk in Babylon. Cuneiform...

Sebastian and Olivia agree to marry one another in Act IV of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. Painting by W. Hamilton, engraving by W. Angus, 18th century. Shakespeare Print Collection...

The overall depiction of the man is Palmyrene but the provenance of excavation is unknown. Roman Period, first to second century CE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

This terracotta statuette depicts a standing man who has a long hair and beard. Both of his hands are clenched; the right one is on the left. He seems as if he is holding something within this hands. From Mesopotamia, Iraq...

The ancient Egyptians understood that their gods had prevailed over the forces of chaos through the creation of the world and relied upon humanity's help to maintain it. The people of Mesopotamia held this...

The best-known ghost story from ancient Egypt is known, simply, as A Ghost Story but sometimes referenced as Khonsemhab and the Ghost. The story dates from the late New Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570 - c.1069 BCE) and specifically...

Khaemweset (also given as Khaemwaset, Khaemwise, Khaemuas, Setem Khaemwaset, c. 1281-c.1225 BCE) was the fourth son of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE) and his queen Isetnefret. He is the best known of Ramesses II's many children after...

The Priest Ahmose and his Mother Baket-re, findspot unknown, diorite, 18th Dynasty, 1490-1400 BCE, Nye Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark). Memento Beta (now Remake) from Autodesk.

The Hidatsa Sun Dance Ritual (also known as Hidatsa Sun Dance) is a Native American story of the Hidatsa nation illustrating the practice of an individual initiating the Sun Dance for personal reasons, in this case, to...