Search Images
Browse Content (p. 1761)
Image
Map of Bronze Age Akrotiri
Map of Akrotiri in the Bronze Age, ca. 1600 BC.
Image
Ship Procession Fresco, Akrotiri
Bronze Age fresco of a ship procession from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini). From Room 5 of the West House, c. 2000-1500 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
Image
Lion Relief from Thera
A lion relief from the ruins of the ancient Bronze Age city of Thera on Santorini, Greece.
Image
Ruins of Archaic Thera
The ruins of Archaic Thera on Santorini, Greece.
Image
Ruins of Thera
A photo of the ruins of Thera (Akrotiri) on Santorini, Greece.
Image
Shalmaneser III
Detail from a statue of Shalmaneser III (859 BC – 824 BC) at Istanbul Archaeology Museums.
Image
Aurochs from Ishtar gate
Aurochs from Ishtar Gate at Babylon, constructed in about 575 BCE by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II.
On display in Istanbul Archaeology Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
Image
Door Pivot Stone from Girsu
A door pivot stone from Telloh (ancient Girsu), third millennium BCE.
Istanbul Archaeology Museum.
Image
The Ball Court Temple at Chichen Itza
This small building sits high above the great Ball Court at Chichen Itza and has been identified as a temple from which the priests and royalty would watch the game of Pok-a-Tok played below them.
Image
Stairway, Temple of Kukulcan, Chichen Itza
This photo, taken in July of 2005, shows the least often photographed side of the famous El Castillo, also known as The Temple of Kukulcan. Most photographs are taken from the opposite side which has been extensively restored and where people...
