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Stela of Osiris, Isis, and Anubis
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Stela of Osiris, Isis, and Anubis

This is a sandstone stela. In the upper part, there is a winged disk with pendent uraei above a mummy in a boat; a jackal is present on either side of the boat. In the middle of the stela, there is a waz sceptre on either edge. On the left...
Slab of Inyotef VIII
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Slab of Inyotef VIII

This limestone block was part of a Ptolemaic foundation. There are hieroglyphic inscription, including a cartouche of the Egyptian king Intef. In addtion, there are head and one arm of the god Min, who looks to the right side. From Koptos...
Leshan Giant Buddha
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Leshan Giant Buddha

Construction of the famous Leshan Giant Buddha, an enormous statue of a Maitreya (a future Buddha) was started in 713 CE under Xuanzong's reign. A Buddhist monk named Hai Tong began the project to ward off evil spirits from the river at the...
Lady Yang Guifei
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Lady Yang Guifei

Statue of Lady Yang Guifei (719-756 CE) at Huaqing Hotsprings.
Persephone & Hades
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Persephone & Hades

A tondo from a red-figure kylix depicting Persephone and Hades. Vulci, c. 440-430 BCE. (British Museum, London)
Siege Warfare
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Siege Warfare

An artist's rendition of what a siege attack may have looked like in the ancient world.
Demetrius I of Macedon
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Demetrius I of Macedon

Marble portrait bust of Demetrius I of Macedon, also called Poliorcetes, "The Besieger" (336-283 BCE), Roman copy from the 1st century CE of a Greek original from the 3rd century BCE (Naples National Archaeological Museum).
Coin of Demetrius I  of Macedon
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Coin of Demetrius I of Macedon

Tetradrachm portraying Demetrius I of Macedon (ruled 294 – 288 BCE). On the reverse, Poseidon stands left, foot on rock, holding trident. The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ "King Demetrius". (Archaeological Museum, Pella)
Stela of Akhenaten
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Stela of Akhenaten

This is the upper part of a limestone stela (with a cavetto cornice). There is a 1 line of horizontal hieroglyphic inscriptions, reading symmetrically from the center of the line; early cartouches of Aten can be recognized. Below, we can...
Reconstructed Gate of the Roman Fort Biriciana, Germany
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Reconstructed Gate of the Roman Fort Biriciana, Germany

The reconstructed gate of the Roman fort Biriciana in Weißenburg (Germany) along the Limes Germanicus. Biriciana was the garrison of the Ala I Hispanorum Auriana between the last years of the 1st century CE and the end of the Limes in the...
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