Wall Collection (page 39)

Walls and gate of the ancient city of Bukhara

Demonstration of a Testudo, a formation of shields by Roman soldiers based on details from Trajans column

Walls of houses in the Punic town at Kerkovane, 5th century
Walls of houses in the Punic town at Kerkovane, the best preserved Punic town in Africa, discovered in 1952, 5th century

Baths in the Roman city of Bulla Regia, 2nd century BC

Mandraki Harbour in Rhodes, 1st century BC
Children in Mandraki Harbour in Rhodes, 1st century BC

A mosaic showing St Paul escaping from a city in a basket, 12th century
A mosaic showing St Paul escaping from a city in a basket, in the Apse of Monreale Cathedral, 12th century

Fresco of the destruction of Jericho, 14th century
Fresco of the destruction of Jericho, in the Collegiata in San Gimignano, 14th century

The throne room of the Minoan royal palace at Knossos, c. 21st -14th century BC
The throne room of the Minoan royal palace at Knossos. The alabaster throne is the oldest throne in Europe, c.21st -14th century BC

Interior of the Mycenaean Treasury of Atreus, a Tholos Tomb

Painted gable-wall of a cult-house from New Guinea
Painted gable-wall of a cult-house from the Maprik Region, in New Guinea

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

Interior of a house in the Roman town of Herculaneum, 1st century
Interior of a house in the Roman town of Herculaneum, an excavated Roman town which was buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD

Picture of a cat in Athens

Painting on the outer walls of the inner shrine of the Temple of the Tooth, 17th century
Painting on the outer walls of the inner shrine of the Temple of the Tooth, where the sacred relic of the tooth of Gautama Buddha is kept, 17th century

The Moscow Kremlin at the time of Tsar Ivan III the Great, 1921. Artist: Apollinary Vasnetsov
The Moscow Kremlin at the time of Tsar Ivan III the Great, 1921. Ivan III of Russia was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1462 until his death in 1505

The Russian Army Capturing Narva on May 11, 1558, 1956. Artist: Alexander Blinkov
The Russian Army Capturing Narva on May 11, 1558, 1956. The Russians captured Narva, today located in Estonia, during the Livonian War

Tsar Ivan IV Conquering Kazan in 1552, 1880. Artist: Aleksey Kivshenko
Tsar Ivan IV Conquering Kazan in 1552, 1880. Kazan, the capital of the Tatar Khanate of Kazan, fell to the Russian army of Ivan the Terrible after a siege in 1552

Gateway of the Roman fort in High Rochester, Northumberland, 1st century

Roman wall mosaic of a ferry-boat, 1st century
Roman wall mosaic of a ferry-boat on the Nile, from Pompeii, 1st century

Houses Along a Road, c1881. Artist: Paul Cezanne
Houses Along a Road, c1881. Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Walmgate Bar in York, 12th century

Promontary fort on the Dingle peninsula, 6th century BC
Celtic iron age promontary fort on the Dingle peninsula, from inside the fort showing the inner and outer defensive wals, with gateways. The walls are 10 feet high, and 25 feet thick, 6th century BC

Iron age fortified farmstead
Iron age Pictish Broch fortified farmstead, from Dun Telve, Glenelg, Invernessshire, Scotland

Glazed Brick relief of a bull on the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC
Glazed Brick relief of a bull on the walls of the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC

Stone panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC. The relief shows the stringing of the bow i.e the arming of the King in his chariot

Roman wall mosaic, 1st century
Roman wall mosaic showing a face and flowers, from the Rabat Museums collection in Malta, 1st century

Dragon sacred to the god Marduk, detail of the Ishtar Gate, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Detail of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC
Detail of the Ishtar Gate leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Brick relief of a lion on the walls of the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC
Glazed Brick relief of a lion on the walls of the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Canterbury pilgrims, c1420 (19th century). From John Lydgates (1370-1451?) Story of Thebes written c1420 and designed as an addition to Chaucers Canterbury Tales

Roman soldiers delivering Greek fire by means of arrows and slings, 1605. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius. (Antwerp, 1605)

Joshua urges on his army outside the walls of Jericho, c1860. Trumpeters process around the walls carrying the Ark of the Covenant and the walls of the city crumble. From the Bible (Joshua 6)

Casualties of the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Wounded soldiers in the care of the Red Cross sitting out in the fresh air

Siege of Poitiers, French Religious Wars, 24 July-7 September 1569 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Siege of Poitiers, French Religious Wars, 24 July-7 September 1569 (1570). The Huguenots under Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572)

Siege of Chartres, French Religious Wars, 1568 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Siege of Chartres, French Religious Wars, 1568 (1570). Sappers working to undermine a bastion forming part of the citys defences

Louis VI of France granting the citizens of Paris their first charter, 12th century (c1858-1921)
Louis VI, King of France, granting the citizens of Paris their first charter, 12th century (c1858-1921). Louis VI (1081-1137), known as Louis le Gros (Louis the Fat), became King of France in 1108

Le depart pour El Djihad ou la Guerre Sainte ( Departure for the Jihad or Holy War ), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
Le depart pour El Djihad ou la Guerre Sainte ( Departure for the Jihad or Holy War ), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah ( The Life of Mohammed)

Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). Artist: Sebastian Marmoret
Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). In the foreground of the main image, mounted knights unhorsed and killed in a melee of hand-to-hand fighting with (left)

Flavius Josephus brought before Titus, at the Siege of Jerusalem, 70. Flavius Josephus (c37-c100), Jewish historian and soldier, is brought before Titus (39-81)

The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 19th century. Artist: Visily Ivanovithch Navosoff
The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 19th century. Men and women praying at the Wailing Wall. The wall, also known as the Western Wall is the only remnant of the Temple in Jerusalem

Lion passant from wall of the sacred way to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (Iraq), c575 BC
Lion passant from wall of the sacred way to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (in modern Iraq), c575 BC. The lion was the cult animal of Ishtar, great goddess of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon

Heinrich Schliemanns excavations at Myceneae, 1877. An artist sketching in front of the Lion gateway at Myceneae 1877. The city of Mycenae in the Peloponnese was reputed to be the capital of

Site of Mycenean fortifications, Greece, c1600-1100 BC. The Mycenaeans were a Bronze Age civilization in the Aegean who reached the peak of their achievements in around 1400 BC

Ruins of Great Zimbabwe, Africa, 1892. Ruins including a massive round tower. The discovery in 1867 of ruins of a hilltop fortress

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-born British historian and essayist, 19th century. Carlyle (1795-1881) reading in his garden in Chelsea, London. Etching after a painting by Helen Allingham

Kabul from the Citadel, showing the old walled city, First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. Artist: James Atkinson
Kabul from the Citadel, showing the old walled city, First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. British troops were massacred here in both the Anglo-Afghan Wars

Siege of Delhi, Indian Mutiny, September 1857. Colonel Campbells troops storming the Cashmere Gate after engineers had blown it up

British soldier dreaming of his country sweetheart at home, World War I, 1914-1918. Sentimental postcard

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