Ancient Collection (page 15)

York Minster - The West Front

Bronze Age settlement, Kazakhstan area. A young woman sits on the ground, grinding grain in a stone mill. In the background are ancient houses, cattle and sheep. 3000-1200 BCE

Ancient metal workers, Kazakhstan
Two Kazakh craftsmen (blacksmiths) shaping metal by hammering. In the background are a yurt, horses, camels and camel keeper. BCE

Ancient horse breeders, Kazakhstan
Kazakh men of an ancient tribe on horseback, leading a herd of horses through the steppe

Ancient Kazakh battle scene, Kazakhstan

Dhondy Road, Deolali, Nashik - an ancient holy city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Date: circa 1910s

Tree of the Janissaries - Park by St Irene, Istanbul, Turkey
Tree of the Janissaries - in the park by Saint Irene (Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene), is a Greek Eastern Orthodox church, Istanbul, Turkey. Located in the outer courtyard of Topkapi Palace. Date: 1930s

Castlerigg Stone Circle, nr. Keswick, Cumbria Date: 1960s

Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, portrait bust
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), Alexander III, King of Macedonia (Macedon), portrait bust. Date: BCE

Cow Goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb
Fragment of a granite statue depicting cow goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb. Reign of Horemheb. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1319-1292 BC. Date: 13th century BC

Brocton Coppice, Cannock Chase, Staffordshirre
A young man sits with his Jack Russell dog on a branch of one of the ancient sessile oak trees in Brocton Coppice, Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, England

Erzurum, eastern Anatolia, Turkey, Ottoman Empire
Erzurum (Armenian - Karin), is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The name " Erzurum" derives from " Arz-u Rum" (literally The Land of the Romans in Persian)

New Excavations of 1899 reveal Ancient Theatre at Ephesus
Tour group examining the recent excavations of 1899, which revealed more of the Ancient Theatre at Ephesus, near modern Selcuk in Izmir Province, Turkey. Date: 1899

The Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, Iraq
Interesting view (from the rear) of the gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad, Iraq

Meritaton, the eldest of six daughters of King Akhenaten
Statuette stone bust sculpture portrait of a princess - presumably Meritaton, the eldest of six daughters of King Akhenaten - New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 1364 1347 BC

Human models pretending to be a marble statue
A pair of nude (mostly) human models pretending to be a marble statues, complete with rocky plinth! Date: circa 1910s

Statue of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt
Statue of Ramesses II ( The Great ), Statues in peristyle courtyard of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Redwood Highway, Scotia, California - Pacific Lumber Company
Redwood Highway, Scotia, California, USA - Pacific Lumber Company, Redwood Mill. Date: 1936

Iron processing in Bronze Age, Kazakhstan area
Bronze Age craftsmen (blacksmiths) processing iron with special tools, shaping the metal by hammering. In the background are yurts and a mountain landscape. 3000-1200 BCE

Cross-section, prehistoric burial mound, Kazakhstan
Cross-section through a prehistoric burial mound, Kazakhstan

Pharaohs Workers - Ancient Egypt - by Fortunino Matania
Workers building a temple or palace for a Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. Date: Unknown, poss. 1920s

The Athena Giustiniani. Roman copy of a Greek statue of Pall
The Athena Giustiniani or Giustiniani Minerva. Parian marble. Antonine Roman copy of a Greek statue of Pallas Athena. 2nd century. Detail. Braccio Nuovo. Chiaramonti Museum. Vatican Museums

Lamassu or Bull-man. Gate from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharr
Assyrian Art. Lamassu or Bull-man. Gate from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Ancient Greece costume, wearing chiton, warrior with armour and helmet, white peplum tunic and himation robe. Date: circa 500 BC

Ancient Assyrian clothing worn by a chief minister and King. Date: B.C

Greek Togo or Chiton
The procedure for putting on the Greek toga, or Chiton

Ancient Rome

Callanish Stones Isle of Lewis early 1900s

Israel Tiberias Sea of Galilee pre-1900

Syria Damascus Site of Namaan's House pre-1900

Syria Palmyra pre-1900

Palmyra, Syria

Baalbec, Lebanon

Lebanon Baalbec pre-1900

Egypt Alexandria Cleopatra's Needle Victorian period

Egypt Ramesses II Mummy Victorian period

Cleopatras Needle, Alexandria, Egypt

Pompeys Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt

Egypt Alexandria Pompey's Pillar Victorian period

Egypt Street in Cairo Victorian period

Cairo from the Citadel, Egypt

Egypt Cairo latticed window Victorian period

Tombs of Memlooks, Cairo, Egypt

Egypt Cairo from the Citadel Victorian period

Mosque of Tooloon, Cairo, Egypt

Egypt Cairo Mosque of Tooloon Victorian period

Egypt - a Dahabeeyah on the River Nile - Victorian period

Egypt Cairo Tombs of Memlooks Victorian period

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