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Temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1304 BC
Columns of portico of the Second Courtyard built by Rameses II in 1304 BC, Temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c1304 BC

Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c1280 BC
Inside the Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 19th.Dynasty, c1280 BC

Interior of the Temple of Sethos I (Seti I), Abydos, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c1280 BC

Model of the Temple of Aphaia at the Isle of Aegina, Greece, built c500-c480 BC. The model is in the Munich Glyptothek in Germany

St Simeon Stylites, Hermit of the Pillar, 5th century (1825). St Simeon Stylites (387-459) spent 7 years self-imposed solitude in a Syrian monastery

Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate. Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I to thee.... From the Bible (Acts 3.6)

Hellenistic temple at Kawm Umbu (Kom Ombo) Egypt, c2nd century-1st century BC. The temple was begun by Ptolemy VI Philometer (c191-145 BC) and was added to by his successors

Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, 5th century BC. The great temple of Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, begun in c445 BC

Entrance to the Acropolis, Athens, 5th century BC. Known as the Propylaea, the monumental entrance to the Acropolis was designed by the architect Mnesikles under the direction of Pericles

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece, 130
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece. Begun in 515 BC, the temple was not completed until the 2nd century AD, by the Roman Emperor Hadrian

Kom Ombo, Egypt, 1878. Artist: Pascal Sebah
Kom Ombo, Egypt, 1878. Photograph of the Ancient Egyptian temple of Kom Ombo by Pascal Sebah who was based on Constantinople

View of Rome, c1574-1626. Artist: Paul Bril
Fanciful view of Forum, Rome, with ruins of temple of Castor and Pollux and the Basilica of Maximus, c1574-1626

Hieroglyphics carved on a column at the Temple of Karnak, Egypt, c14th-13th century BC. The symbols include an ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol of life, and a bee

View of the archaeological remains at Pella, Central Macedonia. From the 5th century BC-2nd century BC, Pella was the capital of ancient Macedonia

Ruins of the Forum, Rome with the House of the Vestals on the left. The Forum was built as a place where business, trade and commerce were conducted and justice was administered

Pillar at the Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt. The pillar is carved with the name of Jean-Francois Champollion (1790-1832), French historian and linguist and founder of scientific Egyptology

Remains of a Roman sanctuary, Via Torre Argentina, Rome. This complex at Largo Argentina, containing four temples, was only excavated during the 20th century

Roman cavalry crossing a wooden bridge, from Trajans column, Rome, 106-113. The column was erected by the Emperor Trajan (57-113)

Roman legionary on sentry duty, from Trajans column, Rome, 106-113. The column was erected by the Emperor Trajan (57-113) and carved in low relief with a narrative of his two campaigns in Dacia

Trajans column, Rome, 106-113. Detail, showing military scenes, of part of Trajans Column, built to commemorate the Emperor Trajans (53-117) campaigns in Dacia

Ruins of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, the Forum, Rome. The Forum was built as a place where business, trade and commerce were conducted and justice was administered

Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer and antiquity seeker, c1860. From 1815 Belzoni (1778-1823) devoted himself to tomb robbing and exploration and excavation in Egypt

Stele B from Copan, Honduras, Pre-Columbian, Maya, c300-630. Copan was an important Maya city from the 5th until the 9th century

Massive Ancient Egyptian statues and columns at Luxor, Egypt. The scale of the buildings is indicated by the size of the group of tourists

Reconstructed balustrade west front of the Palace of Knossos, Crete, c1400 BC. Knossos was the capital of the Minoan civilization, which flourished on Crete from c3000-c1100 BC

Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece, 7th-6th century BC. The wife of Zeus, Hera was one of the major goddesses of Ancient Greece. The Romans worshipped her as Juno

Caryatid porch, the Erectheum, Acropolis, Athens, 5th century BC. Artist: Mnesikles
Caryatid porch, the Erectheum, Acropolis, Athens, 5th century BC. Designed by Mnesikles, the six columns of the porch are carved in the form of draped female figures (Caryatids)

Encampment of the 1st Bengal European Regiment, First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. Artist: James Atkinson
Encampment of the 1st Bengal European Regiment, First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. A long column of soldiers and artillery strung out over distant mountain passes

London terminus of the London and North Western Railway, Euston, London, c1860. Hand-coloured lithograph from a railway board game showing a busy scene with people

Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama, 1861. After announcing the secession of Mississippi from the Union (the second state to do so after South Carolina)

Palace of Artaxerxes II Mnemon, Susa, Persia, 4th century BC (1891). Reconstruction by French archaeologist Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy of the palace of Artaxerxes II Mnemon

Hypostyle hall, temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC (1892)
Hypostyle hall, temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC (1892). Carved and decorated pillars at the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak (Thebes)

Central alley of the great temple at Karnak, Egypt, 1878. The great temple at Karnak (Thebes), built in the 14th-13th century BC in the reigns of Rameses I and Rameses II

Napoleon on the Column, 19th century

Interior of the sandstone Temple of Edfu, dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, Egypt, 1838. Artist: Mitan
Interior of the sandstone Temple of Edfu, dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, Egypt. The temple was built during the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC

Portico of the sandstone Temple of Edfu dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, Egypt, 1838. Artist: Louis Haghe
Portico of the sandstone Temple of Edfu dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, Egypt, 1838. The temple was built during the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC

Exterior of the Hypostyle hall, temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 1878. The great temple at Karnak (Thebes), built in the 14th-13th century BC in the reigns of Rameses I and Rameses II

Hypostyle hall, temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 1878. Artist: P Sebah
Hypostyle hall, temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 1878. Carved and decorated pillars at the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak (Thebes)

Ruins of the Forum and Temple of Saturn, Rome. The Forum was built as a place where business, trade and commerce were conducted and justice was administered

Club de la Resistance, from French Political posters of the Paris Commune, May 1871

Chiffonnier de La Villette, from French Political posters of the Paris Commune, May 1871

La Republique Sociale newspaper of 13th October 1881

Grand Temple, Isle of Philae, Nubia, Egypt, 19th century. Hypostyle hall of the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Isis, built during the Ptolemaic Period

Kiosk of Qertassi, Nubia, Egypt, 1878. Artist: Felix Bonfils
Kiosk of Qertassi, Nubia, Egypt, 1878. This temple is dedicated to the Pharaoh Rameses II and the Ancient Egyptian gods Amun and Anuket. From Album of Photographs, Egypt, by Felix Bonfils, 1878

Trajans Kiosk at Philae, Nubia, Egypt, 1878. Artist: Felix Bonfils
Trajans Kiosk at Philae, Nubia, Egypt, 1878. This building contains reliefs depicting the Roman Emperor Trajan (53-117) making offerings to the Egyptian gods Osiris, Isis and Horus

Ombos Temple, Nubia, Egypt, 1887. Artist: Henri Bechard
Ombos Temple, Nubia, Egypt, 1887. Ruins of the Ptolemaic temple of Kom Ombo. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Eastern columns, Temple of Isis, Philae, Nubia, Egypt, 1887. Artist: Henri Bechard
Eastern columns, Temple of Isis, Philae, Nubia, Egypt, 1887. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Temple of Isis, Philae, Nubia, Egypt, 1887. Artist: Henri Bechard
Temple of Isis, Philae, Nubia, Egypt, 1887. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

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