Western wall: Did you mean...?

After the Roman emperor Claudius (r. 41-54 CE) successfully conquered Britain in 43 CE, four legions were left there to maintain the peace: XIV Gemina, II Augusta, IX Hispana, and XX Valeria Victrix. However, by the end of the decade, XIV...

Hadrian's Wall, built nearly 2000 years ago by the Romans during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, was a cleverly-designed military rampart manned by 20,000 troops. This 73-mile long undulating wall likely defined and protected the bleak northern...

Britain was a significant addition to the ever-expanding Roman Empire. For decades, Rome had been conquering the Mediterranean Sea – defeating Carthage in the Punic Wars, overwhelming Macedon and Greece, and finally marching into Syria and...

The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. Building upon the foundation laid by the Roman Republic, the empire became the largest and most powerful political and...

A wall painting from the tomb of Horemheb (r. 1320-1292 BCE). The figures depicted on the left-most wall, from left to right are Osiris, Anubis and Horus. The figures on the right-most wall are Osiris, Horemheb and Hathor. Valley of the Kings...

The stone stele stands in front of the wall of the One Thousand Characters of Happiness near the entrance to the Great Wall of China. The 1,000 Characters of Happiness is a fascinating display which reminds visitors of the many reasons to...

SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ Programme website: http://bbc.in/2pqRjCx David Olusoga discusses Benin bronzes created from...

This video explores the ancient art and architecture Fars province of Iran, where that the Sassanians first established their empire.

A brief but very informative video on the history of the Great Wall of China from YouTube. From the site: The Great Wall reflects collision and exchanges between agricultural civilizations and nomadic civilizations in ancient China. Learn...

Many ancient inscriptions that were written or etched on wall plaster have survived. This red plastic fragment with scratched Greek is from an inner wall of the Temple of Winged Lions at Petra, dated to the 4th century CE. (The Jordan Museum...