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Ancient Greek BattleANCIENT GREECE The soldiers, some in chariots and some on foot, use spears and swords against their foe
Ancient Greek SoldiersGreek soldiers
Jews Study TalmudJews studying the Talmud, a compilation of ancient Jewish law and tradition : probably in the Netherlands
England / Ludlow 1930SThe ancient Shropshire town of Ludlow. Broad Gate, situated on one of its steepest streets, is the last of the seven gates of the old city walls
Minoan Ladies, CreteCRETE - Ladies of the Minoan court
Roman WarshipA warship of Imperial Rome is rowed out of harbour with only a light sail hoisted
Visigoths Sack RomeTHE FALL OF ROME Alarics Visigoths ride exuberantly into Rome
Ancient Roman athletes boxing in leather glovesAncient Roman athletes boxing wearing a cestus (leather glove) on each hand
Hannibal crossing the Rhone RiverSECOND PUNIC WAR: Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, crossing the Rhone River, probably near Aurasio in present-day France
Twelve Tables of Rome drawn upThe Twelve Tables, Romes first legal code, are drawn up by a commission at the request of the plebeians
Marcus Porcius Cato, Roman statesmanMARCUS PORCIUS CATO (234-149 BC), Roman statesman, known as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Maior (the Elder)
Nile village, Great Pyramid, Egypt19th century vintage photograph - village and camels along the banks for the River Nile, close to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Photograph by the Zangaki studio, c.1890 s
Babylons lion. Lion decorated the Processional Wal (Ishtar Gate). 575 BC. Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany
Prehistoric Art. Greece. Handmade vase without decoration. Globular body with two small handles, wide mouth and foot. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece
Northumbrian bagpipes and Lowland Scotch bagpipe.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique, Adam and Charles Black
Archaeopteryx had the same number and arrangement of primary and secondary flight feathers as modern birds. Watercolour on paper by John Doncaster
GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. Acropolis. Parthenon, Propylaea and Erechtheum. Classical Greek art. Architecture
England / BungayThe Market Square at Bungay, Suffolk, England, showing the interesting 17th century Butter Cross, and some of the ancient townhouses. Date: 1930s
Lindisfarne - Holy IslandThe ancient, ruined Priory at Lindisfarne, or Holy Island in Northumberland. In the distance is the Castle standing on its whinstone crag
England / WatchetCattle being driven through the ancient town of Watchet Somerset, an interesting old seaport
Ancient Greek GameAncient Greece: game of Mora
Blunt / Cygnus & Lyra / Pl32The constellation of Cygnus - a flying swan - and Lyra - that of an ancient Greek lyre
Greek Athlete CrownedAn athlete is crowned by Victory
Constantine and CrossThe emperor Constantine defeats his co-ruler Maxentius outside Rome : a cross in the sky tells him In hoc signo vinces (In this sign you will win), and he later converts
Caesar in a Storm at SeaJulius Caesar, sailing from Marseille to Epirus in northern Greece, behaves with great courage during a storm at sea
Map of Italian Peninsula, Islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Adriatic coast. Engraving. 16th century
St. Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire. A sacred site from ancient times, Benedictine monks built an abbey in St. Albans memory. Later rebuilt by the Normans. Date: 1930s
Trulli houses in Alberobello, Italy. Very distinctive white cylindrical buildings with grey slate roofs. circa 1960s
Syria / Palmyra / ColonnadeThe impressive colonnade of Roman pillars at Palmyra, Syria. Date: 1984
Ancient AlphabetsWriting examples of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian alphabets. Date: Circa 1760
Pantheon and Fountain, Rome, ItalyView of the entrance to the Pantheon, with a fountain in the piazza in front. The Pantheon was built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome
Adana, Turkey - The BridgeAdana, capital of Adana Province in south east Turkey. The ancient Antioch on the Sarus. One of the largest cities in Turkey - the gateway to the Cilician Plain
Sinop - TurkeySinop is a city Ince Burun (Cape Ince), by its Cape Sinop (Sinop Burnu, Boztepe Cape, Boztepe Burnu) which is situated on the most northern edge of the Turkish side of Black Sea coast
The Arch of Ctesiphon - IraqThe gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad. It is traditionally recognised as the palace of Khosrow I
Petrie at DaphneThe Pharoahs Palace at Daphne being excavated by renowned archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) who devoted his life to studying Egyptian culture
Odysseus & Tame AnimalsOdysseus and his men are amazed by a group of strangely tame wild animals - a lion licks Eurylochuss foot. Circe has cast a spell on them
Arion on a DolphinA Greek poet and musician, reputed to have been cast into the sea by mariners but carried to Taenaros on a dolphins back
Palestine NablusGeneral view of the town, on the site of the ancient Schechem
Badoit DiscoveredA druidess of Ancient Gaul, holding the sacred mistletoe, reveals to a group of warriors the spring which to this day gives us naturally sparkling BADOIT MINERAL WATER
Carmarthen Ancient OakAn ancient oak tree in the centre of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, which some believe was the birthplace of Merlin
Sport / Martial Arts / KendoTwo warriors practise Kendo, the way of the sword. Kendo is derived from ancient samurai (warrior class) fighting methods
Ancient OlympicsIn the earliest times, a simple foot-race was the only event in the Ancient Olympics
Freemasons at the Royal Albert HallThe installation of his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the freemasons of England at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Ancient Persian MusicA Dervish of Ancient Persia in long green robe with fur trimming; he wears an ornate hat and plays a woodwind instrument
Persian ArchersSoldiers from Elam, armed with spear, bow and arrows, in the service of Darius when he attacked Greece
Indian Military ElephantElephant employed in war by Indians in ancient times : only his head and trunk are armoured, and he carries a howdah equivalent to a miniature fort
France / Strasbourg 1590A view of the ancient walled city of Strasbourg and surrounding countryside as it looked at the end of the 16th century
Assyrian Lion HuntAncient Assyrian wall panel of alabaster, probably painted originally in colour. Symbolical design expressing the conquest of the lion