Images

The floor plan and illustration of the cella of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae. 420-400 BCE.

A frieze from the Temple of Apollo, Bassae, depicting a Greek fighting Amazons. 420-400 BCE. (British Museum, London)

The Temple of Apollo at Bassae, 420-400 BCE. Today the temple is protected by a permanent tent roofing.

The relief of Samothrace, c. 550 BCE. An inscription identifies a procession of Agamemnon, a herald, and Epeios (maker of the Trojan Horse). To the right is a griffin, now defaced. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

The temple of the Great Gods at their sanctuary on Samothrace. c. 340 BCE.

The Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE. The statue was dedicated to the Great Gods at the sanctuary on Samothrace. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

A ceramic representation of the Punic goddess Tanit. From the necropolis of Elvissa, Ibiza. 5th-3rd century BCE. (Museu d'Arqueología de Catalunya, Barcelona)

An illustration of a sarcophagus lid from Carthage depicting a priestess of Isis. (Carthage National Museum, Byrsa, Tunisia)

The Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Built between 700 and 728 CE during the reign of Narasimhavarman II, it is a remnant of a larger complex of temples and civil structures much of which lie under the depth of the sea now.

The Neolithic Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny), Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, by which the ancient kings were inaugurated.