Images Dated 16th May 2018 (page 68)

Gallo-Belgic jug, which was made in the Rhineland and exported to Britain pre-conquest. This one is from a cemetery at Lexden, Colchester, Essex. The capacity to the base of the neck is 9.1 litres

The Roman Colchester Sphinx, 1st century
The Colchester Sphinx, from a Roman funerary monument at Colchester, Essex. It is made of Bath oolite, 1st century

Fresco of the massacre of the innocents in Sienna, 15th century
Fresco of the massacre of the innocents, from the church of Sant Agostino, Sienna, 15th century

View of the crater of Mt Vesuvius, which famously erupted in 69 AD and buried the town of Pompeii

Caerleon Roman amphitheatre, 1st century
Caerleon Roman amphitheatre, used for around two hundred years, 1st century

Roman altar from Vindolanda, 2nd century
Roman altar from Vindolanda. The dedication reads To Jupiter first and greatest and all the other gods and to the geniuses of the commanding officers residence

Stone relief showing the water-goddess Coventina, 2nd century
Stone relief showing the British water-goddess Coventina in triple forms. From Coventinas well near Hadrians wall. In Chester Museum, Northumberland, 2nd century

Vindolanda, a Roman military settlement, 3rd century
Shot of Vindolanda, site of a Roman military settlement on Hadrians wall. In the background the reconstructed fort can be seen, 3rd century

Interior of a Roman and medieval multangular tower in York, 3rd century
Interior of a multangular tower in York. The Roman part is lower, and has typical Roman brick courses in the stonework. The upper level is medieval, 3rd century

Roman tomb slab of a Roman officer and his wife, 1st century
Roman tomb slab of a Roman officer and his wife from Nimes, France, at Maison Carree in Nime, 1st century

Roman tombstone of Gaius Musius, standard-bearer of the 14th legion, erected by his brother

Frieze showing Roman soldiers fighting barbarians from a Roman sarcophagus

Roman iron-working tongs from Chatillion, France

Exterior of Notre Dame, Paris, France, 14th century

Wall painting of Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric and Music from le Puy, France

Cast of a slab from the Tumulus of Petit-mont, Prehistoric
Cast of a slab from the Tumulus of Petit-mont, Arzon. It is the third support of the left in the chamber of the dolmen. The human feet shown were possibly added later

Engraved support from a tumulus, Prehistoric
Engraved support from the tumulus of Mane-er-H roek in Locmariaquer, Prehistoric

Dolmen of Mane Lud, Prehistoric
Dolmen of Mane Lud from Locmariaquer in France, Prehistoric

Champ-Dolent Menhir, thirty feet high, from Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany

Megalithic alignments at Carnac, 34th century BC
Megalithic alignments at Carnac, Brittany, 34th century BC

Megalithic alignments at Menec, 34th century BC
Megalithic alignments at Menec, Carnac, Brittany, 34th century BC

Musicians above the west door of St Denis, 12th century
Musicians above the west door of St Denis in France, 12th century

Rose window in the south transeit of St Denis, 12th century
Rose window in the south transeit of St Denis in France, showing the signs of the Zodiac, 12th century

Detail of a stained glass window showing the story of Moses, 12th century
Detail of a stained glass window showing the story of Moses in St Denis, France, 12th century

Marble bust of the Athenian statesman Pericles, 5th century BC
Marble bust of Pericles (c. 495 -429 BC) from the Vatican Museums collection, 5th century BC

Gold Mycenaean cup, 15th century
Gold Mycenaean cup showing bull-catching, from Vaphio in Greece. At the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 15th century

Gold head of a Mycenaean silver pin, 16th century
Gold head of a Mycenaean silver pin from a shaft grave at Mycenae in Greece. It depicts a nature goddess holding garlands. In the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 16th century

Cycladic marble vase, 26th century BC

Cycladic figure
Cycladic female figure

Byzantine depiction of Daniel in the lions den, 5th century
Byzantine depiction of Daniel in the lions den from a marble chest, at the Cathedral Museum in Ravenna, 5th century

Mosaics of the Dome in the Bapistry of the Arians, 5th century
Mosaics of the Dome in the Bapistry of the Arians. In the centre are Christ, John the Baptist, and the personified River Jordan. On the exterior is a procession of saints, 5th century

Mosaic of the adoration of the magi, 6th century
Mosaic of the adoration of the magi in the basilica of Sant Apollinare Nuovo, 6th century

Tower of Sant Apollinare Nuovo, 6th century
Tower of Sant Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, originally erected by King Theodoric the Great as his palace chapel, 6th century

Interior of Sant Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, originally erected by King Theodoric the Great as his palace chapel

Mosaic of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and his court, 6th century
Mosaic of Justinian I (c. 482 14 November 565), and his court in San Vitale, 6th century

The Roman town of Herculaneum, 1st century
Shot of Herculaneum, an excavated Roman town which was buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD

The house of the stags in the Roman town of Herculaneum
The house of the stags in Herculaneum, a Roman town buried by the eruption of Vesusivius in 79 AD

Roman wall-painting of a harbour scene from Stabiae near Pompeii

Roman painting on marble of ladies playing knucklebones
Roman painting on marble of Niobes daughters playing knucklebones, from Pompeii. Now in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

Roman wall-painting of Icarus flying over the sea, from Pompeii

Roman fresco of Europa and the bull (Zeus) from Pompeii

Roman wall-painting of Medea, 1st century BC
Roman wall-painting of Medea from Pompeii, now in the National Museum in Naples, 1st century BC

Roman wall-painting of a mythical landscape, c. 1st century
Roman wall-painting of a mythical landscape, from the villa of Agrippa Posthumous near Pompeii, now from the National Museums collection in Naples, c.1st century

Roman wall-painting of the Judgement of Solomon, from Pompeii. Now at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

Depiction of chariot-racing on an Attic kylix, 6th century BC
Depiction of chariot-racing on an Attic black-figured kylix, in the Old Corinth Museum in Greece, 6th century BC

Marble Roman slab of the Fox and Grapes
Marble Roman slab of the Aesop of the Fox and Grapes from Old Corinth in Greece

View of the Acropolis of Athens from the southwest, 5th century BC
View of the Acropolis of Athens from the southwest. Visible are the Propylaea and the temple of Athena Nike, 5th century BC

Sculpture of a lioness devouring a bull, 6th century BC
Sculpture of a lioness devouring a bull, from the pediment of the original Parthenon, from the Acropolis Museums collection in Athens, 6th century BC

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