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A teacher with three discipuli, relief found in Neumagen near Trier, c. 180-185 CE. Photo of casting in Pushkin Museum, Moscow.

An illustration of a 19th century CE English Grammar school classroom. The classrooom had changed little since Tudor times.

A 17th century CE horn-book, a commonly used teaching tool from the 16th century CE onwards. The text (here with the alphabet and an extract of the Lord's Prayer) is protected by a thin layer of horn. (British Museum, London)

Artist's impression of a private tutor in ancient times, most likely in ancient Greece or Rome. As there were no public schools, private tutoring was how children of wealthy families were commonly educated in Greek and Roman society. For...

Funerary relief depicting a teacher with three discipuli (pupils). The scene shows two boys seated on either side of their teacher as a younger boy walks into the room. The older boys hold an open scroll. The younger boy enters from the right...

Memorial of Quintius Sulpicius Maximus, an 11-year-old who won a poetry contest in 95 CE. Porta Salaria, Rome, Italy.

This is a school tablet which displays mathematical texts. From modern Tell Harmal (ancient Shaduppum), near Baghdad, Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2nd millennium BCE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

Nalanda was one of the oldest universities of the world and a revered center of learning. It was located in Magadha, modern day Bihar, India and was operational between c. 300-1200 CE. It received patronage from the Gupta Empire and also...

Mesopotamian education was invented by the Sumerians following the creation of writing c. 3500 BCE. The earliest schools were attached to temples but later established in separate buildings in which the scribes of ancient Mesopotamia learned...

Loading and firing the Flintlock musket A demonstration of the loading and firing of the flintlock musket using a blank cartridge. VIRTUAL EXCURSION BOOKING INQUIRIES: The Education Unit The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000...