3D Images

The Lilies Fresco from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera, modern-day Santorini (also known as the Spring Fresco). From Room 2 of Building Delta, c. 17th century BCE. Lilies or papyrus are depicted growing from colourful volcanic rocks...

A figure from the Terracotta Army, the clay life-size army in the tomb of the Qin emperor Shi Huangdi. c. 210 BCE, Shaanxi Province, China.

A bust of Egyptian queen Nefertiti (c. 1370 - c.1336 BCE), the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means, `the beautiful one has come’. By the sculptor Thutmose and re-discovered in 1912 CE. (Neues Museum...

The death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. The mask is made of gold, precious stones and glass inlay, 14th century BCE. (Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo)

The Discobolus or 'Discus Thrower', one of several Roman copies of a 450-440 BCE Greek bronze by Myron.

The Acropolis of Athens was planned, and construction begun, under the guidance of the great general and statesman Pericles of Athens. Over two years of detailed planning went into the specifications and contracting the labour for the Parthenon...

A 3D reconstruction of the Parthenon, Athens. Built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Age of Pericles, and dedicated to the city’s patron deity Athena.

The Pont du Gard aqueduct, France. 1st century CE.

Roman Forum, Rome.

The Treasury Petra, Jordan. Actually a tomb, it was probably constructed in the 1st century BCE for King Aretas IV (reigned 9 BCE – 40 CE).