Africanus Gallery

Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man

Reconstructed: Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man. Links in the chain of human evolution: Australopithecus Africanus (3 ft high on the left), representing the Taungs skull, and his later compatriot, the Rhodesian (6 ft), representing the Broken Hill skull. Date: 1925

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Africanus, Anthropology, Australopithecus, Broken, Evolution, Hill, Historical, History, Hominid, Hominids, Human, Links, Man, Reconstructed, Reconstruction, Rhodesian, Skull, Taungs

Gladiolus, Gladiolus dalenii, cudweed, pomegranate

Sword lily, Gladiolus communis 1, Gladiolus dalenii 2, cudweed, Helichrysum luteoalbum 3, pomegranate flower, Punica granatum 4 and blood lily, Haemanthus sanguineus 5. (Gladiolus, Gladiolus affinis seu Aniholissa, Granata balaustia, Haemanthus africanus, Gnaphalium seu Helychrysum.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Mario Cammerari from Professor Filippo Arena's La natura e cultura dei fiori fisicamente esposta (The nature and culture of flowers physically displayed), Palermo, Italy, 1771. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Roman Art. Spain. Andalusia. Italica. Theatre

Roman Art. Spain. Italica. Theatre. Its construction began under Emperor Augustus (1st century BC-1st century AD). Orchestra, frons pulpiti and scaenae frons. Santiponce. Andalusia

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

1st, Ac, Africanus, Age, Ancient, Andalusia, Antique, Antiquity, Archaeological, Architecture, Art, Auditorium, Bc, Building, Cavea, Century, Civile, Cornelius, Empire, Era, Exterior, Frons, Hispania, Italica, Leisure, Orchestra, Outside, Poedria, Porticus, Proscenium, Province, Public, Publius, Pulpiti, Pulpitum, Remains, Roman, Ruins, Santiponce, Scaenae, Scenery, Scipio, Semicircle, Semicircular, Seville, Site, Spain, Spanish, Spectacle, Theatre