Civilisation Collection

Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre
Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Roman mosaic of a dog, 1st century
Roman mosaic of a dog, bearing the legend Cave Canem underneath, from Pompeii, from Naples National Museums collection, 1st century

Greek statue known as the Kritios Boy, 5th century BC
The Kritios Boy, a Greek marble kouros, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, 5th century BC

Roman mosaic showing the triumph of Neptune, 1st century
Roman mosaic showing the triumph of Neptune, surrounded by the four seasons, from La Chebba in Tunisia. Now in Bardo Museum in Tunus, 1st century

Roman silver platter with Bacchanalian figures from the Mildenhall treasure, 4th century
Silver platter with Bacchanalian figures from the Mildenhall Treasure, which was probably buried for safekeeping. It was ploughed up by chance in the 1940s at Mildenhall, Suffolk, 4th century

Greek Icon of the Virgin and Child, from the Byzantine Museums collection in Athens

Mosaic pavement of a Roman villa, 2nd century
Mosaic pavement of a Roman villa in Lullingstone, Kent, 2nd century

Ma femme, t'as tort de me blamer... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ma femme, t'as tort de me blamer... 19th century. Wife, you are wrong to blame me...as a famous philosopher said...wine-drinking without thirst is the only thing that distinguishes man from

Esquisse pour l'amphithéâtre de paléontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris... 1897
Esquisse pour l'amphitheatre de paleontologie du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris : les Races humaines (Plafond), 1897

Revolutionary allegory: Freedom, Equality and Civilization rejecting despotism, c1789-1799. Creator: Unknown
Revolutionary allegory: Freedom, Equality and Civilization rejecting despotism, between 1789 and 1799

Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, Volume VII For the Year 1863, 1863

In Calipatria, California, where thousands of refugees congregate, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
In Calipatria, California, where thousands of refugees congregate

Archaic Greek bronze statuette of a Spartan female athlete
Archaic bronze statuette of a Spartan female athlete, running and holding her gymnos. From the National Museum in Athens

Roman marble sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes, 2nd century
Roman marble sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes, also showing centaurs, fauns, and Silenus. From the National Museum in Rome, 2nd century

Sculpture of a fallen warrior from the Greek temple of Aphaia at Aegina, 6th century BC
Sculpture of a fallen warrior from the temple of Aphaia at Aegina, 6th century BC

The Roman Colchester Vase
The Colchester Vase, which contains a cremation. On it are depicted two gladiators: on the left is a Secutor, in full armour

Greek statue Kore 674 from the Acropolis, 6th century BC
A Kore from the Acropolis, now from the Acropolis Museums collection, 6th century BC

Bronze mask of the Roman goddess Juno Lucina
Roman period bronze mask of Juno Lucina, from Hungary. Now in the National Museum in Budapest

Statue of Athena from Greek temple of Aphaia at Aegina, 6th century BC
Statue of the Greek goddess Athena from the west pediment of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina, 6th century BC

Roman mosaic showing the toilette of Venus, 3rd century
Roman mosaic showing the toilette of Venus with cupids. From Thuburbo Maius, Tunisia. Now in the Bardo Museums collection in Tunis, 3rd century

Roman wall-painting of a dinner party from Pompeii, now in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

High-Street, Barnstaple, 1854. Creator: Unknown
High-Street, Barnstaple, 1854. Celebrations at the opening of the North Devon Railway. The day was set aside for general rejoicing throughout the whole district...A procession

African Hospitality, 1791. Creator: John Raphael Smith
African Hospitality, 1791

Map of Ancient Egypt, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Map of Ancient Egypt, 1890. For almost 30 centuries from its unification around 3100 BC to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BC

Jewels of a Lady of the Court in the Great Days of Ur, c1935. Artist: Joint Expedition to Ur
Jewels of a Lady of the Court in the Great Days of Ur, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Reconstructed Model of a Magnificent Maya Temple Pyramid at Tikal, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Sheet 9, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Heinrich Schliemann, (1822-1890), German archaeologist, 1893
Heinrich Schliemann, (1822-1890), German businessman and a pioneer of field archaeology, 1893. Schliemann was an archaeological excavator of Hissarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy

France providing civilisation, wealth and peace to Morocco, 19thy November 1911. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th November 1911

Gold Mask from Columbia, Pre-Columbian South America

View of Trajans market from the forum of Trajan. Artist: Apollodorus of Damascus
View of Trajans market from the forum of Trajan

View of Trajans Market, 1st century. Artist: Apollodorus of Damascus
View of Trajans Market, Rome, 1st century

Roman fort of the Saxon shore, 3rd century
Roman fort of the Saxon shore at Portus Adurni, 3rd century

Roman tombstone of Longinus Sdapeze, 1st century
Roman tombstone of Longinus Sdapeze, an auxillary cavalryman, from Colchester. Now in the Colchester Castle museums collection, 1st century

The Balkearne gate in Colchester, 1st century
The Roman Balkearne gate in Colchester, 1st century

Roman relief of a Roman cavalry officer riding down a barbarian, 5th century
Roman relief of a Roman cavalry officer riding down a barbarian, from the tomb of Flavius Bassus, 5th century

Roman relief of a war triereme. Note the ram at the prow, and the large steering-oar at the stern

Roman relief of a crane being used to build a tomb

Roman relief of a ship unloading amphorae, with tally-clerks on the quay-side

Roman smith at work, 2nd century
Roman relief of a smith at work, 2nd century

Stone ex-voto Roman head

Roman relief of a doctor inspecting a youth

Reconstruction of Roman siege fortifications surrounding the Celtic hill-fort of Alesia. From here can be seen tower, ditches, branches and pits

Roman vase inscribed Utere Felix, 3rd century
Roman vase inscribed Utere Felix (Happy Use) from Alesia, France, now in the Musee Alesia, 3rd century

Reconstruction of the discovery of the krater of Vix

Roman aqueduct in Pont du Gard, France, 1st century
Roman aqueduct in Pont du Gard, France, which carried water over the river Gard to Nimes, 1st century

Roman relief of the apotheosis of Augustus, 1st century BC
Roman relief of the apotheosis of Augustus, showing the deification of the emperor, surrounded by members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, 1st century BC

Baths of Caracalla, built by the Emperors instruction, 3rd century
Baths of Caracalla, built by the Emperors instruction between 212 and 216 AD, and used until the Ostrogoths sacked Rome in the 6th century AD

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