Africanus Gallery

Dr. Broom discovers adult Australopithecus cranium, 1936

An important discovery in South Africa: the brain-cast and parts of the skull of an anthropoid ape with human characteristics. Dr. Robert Broom paleontologist of the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, is pictured with his hand on the exact spot where the skull lay, and (on the left) Mr. W. G Barlow, manager of the lime works at Sterkfontein, near Krugersdorp, who had given him the brain-cast blasted out two days before. Date: 1936

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Roman city of Italica. Domus of the Exedra. Spain

Spain. Italica. Roman city founded c. 206 BC. Domus of the Exedra. Cruciform pillars of the perimeter portico. Andalusia.

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LAELIUS, Gaius (ca. 235-170 BC). Roman consul

"LAELIUS, Gaius (ca. 235-170 BC). Roman consul. He accompanied Scipio Africanus in the campaigns of Spain, Sicily and Africa.; CATO The Elder or The Censor, Marcus Porcius (234-149 BC). Roman politician.; ATTICUS Titus Pomponius (109-32 BC). Latin erudite.; Scipio Africanus The Younger (185-129 BC). Roman general.; CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Roman writer, politician and speaker. Illustration of Cicero's essay on old age "De Senectute". Page 213, representation, from left to right, of Atticus, Laelius, Scipio and Cato. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly. Mus饠Cond頨Cond頍useum)." Date:

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