3D Images

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).

Terracotta krater with a lid surmounted by a small hydria. Greek, Euboean, c. 750-740 BCE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A moel of a section of the Great Wall of China. Construction of the wall began in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE) under the First Emperor Shi Huangdi and continued over hundreds of years throughout many different dynasties.

The 4th century BCE burial mound at Amphipolis was discovered in 2012 CE and it is one of the most important archaeological finds of the last 40 years. It has a surrounding wall measuring almost 500 metres in circumference and constitutes...