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A digital reconstruction of the Temple of Jupiter in Pompeii. Built in the 2nd Century BCE, the site was caught up in the destruction caused by Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. This reconstruction depicts the temple as it may have looked when it...

A statue of Lord Varaha, the 3rd boar incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Beside the statue is the Earth goddess Bhudevi. This statue is carved from a single block of red sandstone with a height of 11 feet (3.35 meter). Made c. 510 CE, Gupta Empire...

A digital reconstruction of Ixmoja, the tallest pyramid in the Nohoch Mul pyramid complex. From the Maya city of Coba, near modern day Tulum, Mexico. Made by NeoMam Studios and THISISRENDER in collaboration with Expedia. (Republished with...

A digital reconstruction of the Parthenon, a temple to Athena in Athens built 447-432 BCE. This reconstruction depicts the temple as it may have looked when it was created. Made by NeoMam Studios and THISISRENDER in collaboration with Expedia...

Warrior, princess, founding Queen Mother of Burkina Faso, Africa.

A copper coin depicting the goddess Roma, a personification of Rome, or the war goddess Bellona on the obverse. On the reverse, the prow of a ship and the title "ROMA". Minted in Rome c. 217-215 BCE. (British Museum)

Roman statue of the goddess Persephone (also known as Proserpina). The restoration of the statue has her holding a theatre mask, like one of the Muses. c. 140-160 CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Naples)

A Roman bust of Hades/Pluto, based on a 5th Century BCE Greek original. (National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps)

A Roman fresco depicting the forge-god Hephaestus presenting Thetis with the armour of her son Achilles, 1st century CE. National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

A Roman bas-relief depicting the Greek god Hephaestus (known as Vulcan to the Romans). The relief is part of a scene in which the goddess Gaia presents Athena with the infant Erichthonius, born from the seed of Hephaestus. Made c. 50 BCE-50...