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Morning market in a town in Hungary. Artist: CM DixonMorning market in the town of Kecskemet in Hungary
Chinese porcelain dish showing the Taoist triad, 18th centuryChinese porcelain dish showing the Taoist triad of Happiness, Rank and Longevity, and the goddess Hsi Wang Mu crossing the sea. Painted in underglaze blue and enamel, 18th century
Chinese box and cover in the form of a ram, 18th centuryChinese box and cover in the form of a ram, of cloisonne enamel on gilt copper, from the Victoria and Albert Museums collection. 18th century
Carthaginian grinning mask, 6th centuryCarthaginian grinning mask made of baked clay, now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis, 6th century
Detail of a Roman mosaic showing the head of a lion, 4th centuryDetail of a Roman mosaic showing the head of a lion from Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia. From the Bardo Museums collection, in Tunis, 4th century
Detail of a Roman mosaic showing the head of a horse, 4th centuryDetail of a Roman mosaic showing the head of a horse from Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia. From the Bardo Museums collection, in Tunis, 4th century
Roman mosaic of a peacock in foliage, 3rd centuryRoman mosaic of a peacock in foliage, from Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia. Now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis, 3rd century
Detail of a Roman mosaic showing one of the four winds, 3rd centuryDetail of a Roman mosaic showing one of the four winds, from a Triumph of Neptune. Originally from Maxula-Rades, Tunisia, now in the Bardo Museums collection in Tunis, 3rd century
Detail of a Roman mosaic showing fruit-gathering, 2nd centuryDetail of a Roman mosaic showing fruit-gathering in autumn, from La Chebba, Tunisia. The full mosaic shows the four seasons and Neptune, 2nd century
Roman mosaic of Virgil, 1st centuryRoman mosaic of Virgil (October 15, 70 BC - September 21, 19 BC) from Bardo Museums collection, Tunisia, 1st century
Chinese bronze belt-buckle with animals in combat, 5th century BCHan period Chinese bronze belt-buckle from the Ordos region, showing animals in combat, 5th century BC
Chinese bronze harness-plaque of wrestling men, 5th century BCHan period Chinese bronze harness-plaque from the Ordos region in China, showing two men wrestling with horses standing near. From the Victoria and Albert Museums collection, 5th century BC
Detail of a bronze cauldron showing a human head wearing a Celtic torc, 4th century BCDetail of a bronze cauldron showing a human head wearing a Celtic torc, found in Rynkeby Bog near Kertemunde, Denmark. Now in the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 4th century BC
Detail from the Dejbjerg Cart, 1st century BCDetail from the Dejbjerg Cart, found in a bog near Ringkoding, Denmark, 1st century BC
Detail of a copy of a Celtic gold drinking horn, 3rd centuryDetail of gold drinking horn from Gallehus, Sleswig. This is a copy - the original was melted down - from the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 3rd century
Gallo-Roman relief of the Celtic horned god CernunnosGallo-Roman relief of Cernunnos, the Celtic horned god, from Rhiems. Note the rat, associated with his cult, as well as the bull and deer
Gold Thraco-Getic helmet, 4th century BCGold Thraco-Getic helmet from Cotofenesti, Romania. Now in the National Museum of Antiquities in Bucharest, 4th century BC
Detail of a silver and gilded Thraco-Getic helmet, 4th century BCDetail of a silver and gilded Thraco-Getic helmet, showing a warrior on horseback, from the Agighiol Treasure, in Bucharest Museum, 4th century BC
Silver goblet from the Agighiol Treasure, 4th century BCSilver goblet from the Agighiol Treasure, from the Thraco-Getic period in Romania. Now in the National Museum in Bucharest, 4th century BC
Stone head of Antenociticus, 2nd century BCStone head of Antenociticus, a Romano-British deity, from his shrine at Benwell near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. From the Museum of Antiquities collection in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2nd century BC
Statue of Averroes from Cordoba, 12th centuryA statue of Abu Al Walid Muhammed Ibn Ruchd Averroes from Cordoba (April 14, 1126 - December 10, 1198), whose commentaries on ancient philosophy and medicine influenced later Christian thinkers
Celtic gold helmet, 4th century BCCeltic gold helmet from Amfreville, France, 4th century BC
Pedestrian district in Wassenaar. Artist: CM DixonPedestrian district in Wassenaar, Holland
Stained glass Swedish NativityStained glass nativity from a Swedish Church, now in the Historical Museum in Stockholm
Shir-Dar Madrasa in Samarkand, 17th centuryShir-Dar Madrasa in Samarkand. Shir-dar means decorated with tigers, 17th century
Tamil tea-pickers in Sri Lanka. Artist: CM DixonTamil tea-pickers in Sri Lanka, north of Nuwarda Eliya
Male and female ancestor figures from MelanesiaMale and female ancestor figures of chalk. From New Ireland in Melanesia, now in the Horniman Museum in London
Marble statue of the Roman emperor Nero, 1st centuryStatue of the Roman emperor Nero (15 December 37 - 9 June 68), wearing a toga, 1st century
Detail of a Roman floor mosaic showing dice players, 3rd centuryDetail of a Roman floor mosaic showing dice players, from a dining room at El Jem, Tunisia. From the Bardo Museums collection in Tunis, 3rd century
Buddhist depiction of Apsara, 6th centuryBuddhist depiction of Apsara (a Celestial being), possibly from the cave-temples of Lung Men, China, 6th century
Chinese Buddhist Stela, 6th centuryNorthern Ch I Chinese Buddhist stela. The seated middle figure is Mattreya, 6th century
Central Italy near Chiusi in April
A new motorway being built, cutting through the Apennines above San Sepolcro
The upper Tiber valley above Sansepolcro, in the central Appenines in April
Wall-paintings from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, 1st centuryWall-paintings from the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, showing scenes of initiation into the rites of Dionysus, 1st century
Landscape near Arezzo in central Italy in April
Columns of the colonnade around the forum in Pompeii, 1st centuryColumns of the colonnade around the forum in Pompeii. The doorway beyond is that of the Building of Eumachia, 1st century
An altar dedicated to the Roman Imperial cult, 1st centuryAn altar dedicated to the Roman Imperial cult, in the temple of Vespasian in Pompeii, 1st century
Wine-press in a house in the Roman town of Pompeii, 1st century
Statuette of a drunken Hercules from the Roman town of HerculaneumStatuette of a drunken Hercules from the House of the Stags in Herculaneum
Persian tiles with animals and lines from Persian poetry, 13th centuryPersian tiles with hares and predators and lines from Persian poetry, 13th century
Persian tile with gazelles and an inscription from the Quran, 13th centuryPersian tile with gazelles and an inscription from the Quran, Sum LXXXVII, decorated in lustre on an opaque white glaze, 13th century
Persian tile depicting a horseman, 19th centuryPersian tile depicting a horseman, from the V&As collection, 19th century
Persian tile depcting Kushrau seeing Shirin bathing, 19th centuryPersian tile depcting Kushrau seeing Shi in bathing, from the V&As collection, 19th century
Detail of a youth on a Persian velvet cloak, 17th centuryDetail of a youth on a Persian velvet cloak, from the Royal Armourys collection in Stockholm, 17th century
Detail of a bronze situala with Etruscan soldiers, 5th century BCDetail of a bronze situala with Etruscan soldiers from Certosa, Italy. From the Museo Civicos collection in Bologna, 5th century BC
Etruscan sarcophagus with a statue of the deceased person on the lid
Etruscan sarcophagus of a couple, 6th century BCEtruscan sarcophagus of a couple from Caere, 6th century BC