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Bird Figure, Jade Museum
Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica

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Costa Rica, 16th century CE
Map of Costa Rica in the 16th century CE.

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Greater Nicoya Polychrome Ware
Polychrome ware from the Greater Nicoya Archaeological Region, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica.

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Jade Necklace
Jade Necklace, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica

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Jade Drill
Jade Drill, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica.

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Pre-Columbian Pottery
Pre-Columbian Pottery, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica,

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Stone Spheres
Stone Spheres, Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica.

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Basalt Lion of Babylon (Statue)
The Lion of Babylon (أسد بابل), a stone sculpture found in the ancient city of Babylon, modern-day Iraq in 1876. It may have been built by either Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE) or the Hittites (notice the absence of "eagle's wings"). Photograph...

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Shari-den, Engakuji, Kamakura
The Shari-den building of the Buddhist monastery site Engakuji, Kamakura, Japan. Established c. 1283 CE, the building is the only survivor from the Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE) and is thought to house a tooth of the Buddha brought from...

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Battle of Cynossema
Battle of Cynossema, 411 BCE. Athenian fleet in blue, Spartan navy in red.