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An unuusual square column from the peristyle of a Greek-style house at Glanum, southern France. 2nd-1st century BCE.

This column was shaped in the Classical Ionic Order; a characteristic capital with volutes. The detailed carving of this capital was not finished off. This may be due, in part, to the difficulty of carving accurate details in the local rough...

A column capital from the cathedral of Saint Gregory at the former medieval capital of Dvin in Armenia. 4th century CE.

The Igel Column is a multi-storey Roman sandstone funerary monument located on the left bank of the Moselle some eight kilometres south of Trier. It was erected around 250 CE by two wealthy merchants of Celtic origin, the brothers Secundinius...

A number of basalt columns and their fragments were uncovered during archaeological excavations at the "Row of Stelae" at the city of Ashur. These were brought to the city as part of an important booty. The cuneiform inscriptions on this...

Pliny the Younger's (61-112 CE) letter (Epistulae X.96) to Roman Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE) is one of our earliest sources on Christianity from an outsider's point of view. It highlights the Christian movement's impact on the old Roman...

Palm-leaf column from Bubastis (Tell Basta), Temple of Baset; originally from Pi-Ramesses (Qantir), Egypt, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE) and 22nd Dynasty, reign of Osorkon II (874-850 BCE). In Ramesses II's reign, this...

A 19.2 m marble column which dates to the 1st century BCE and was part of an honorary monument in Brindisum. Traditionally, the column was thought to mark the end of the Roman road the via Appia (Appian Way) but inscriptions on the column...

The remains of the ancient northern Greek city of Amphipolis. Location: Amphipolis, Macedonia, Greece

The Roman Columns in Anjar (8th century CE) were most probably reused from earlier 4th century CE Christian buildings.