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The Babylonian Marriage Market — Edwin Long's 1875 interpretation of The Babylonian Marriage Market as described by Herodotus in Book 1 of the Histories
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The Babylonian Marriage Market Edwin Long's 1875 interpretation of The Babylonian Marriage Market as described by Herodotus in Book 1 of the Histories
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Leonidas at Thermopylae — by Jacques-Louis David (1814)
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Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques-Louis David (1814)
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Darius I — Relief of Darius I in Persepolis
Photo Credit: By درفش کاویانی - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18425968
Darius I Relief of Darius I in Persepolis
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Fragment from Herodotus' Histories — Book VIII on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2099, dated to early 2nd century AD
Photo Credit: By Unknown - Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9045721
Fragment from Herodotus' Histories Book VIII on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2099, dated to early 2nd century AD
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Herodotos — Roman copy of the Imperial era (AD 2nd century) after a Greek bronze original of the first half of the 4th century BC
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Herodotos Roman copy of the Imperial era (AD 2nd century) after a Greek bronze original of the first half of the 4th century BC
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Scene of the Battle of the Thermopylae — By John Steeple Davis - The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century (published in 1900)
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Scene of the Battle of the Thermopylae By John Steeple Davis - The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century (published in 1900)
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Thermopylae Pass — View of the Thermopylae pass from the area of the Phocian Wall. In ancient times, the coastline would have been much closer to the mountain, near the road to the right. This is a result of sedimentary deposition.
Photo Credit: By Fkerasar - The picture has been taken by me. It is part of a relevant photo gallery at Battle of Thermopylae. All the material is available under the GFDL., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1961535
Thermopylae Pass View of the Thermopylae pass from the area of the Phocian Wall. In ancient times, the coastline would have been much closer to the mountain, near the road to the right. This is a result of sedimentary deposition.
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Name of Alexander the Great in Egyptian hieroglyphs — Written right to left, c. 332 BC, Egypt
Photo Credit: By PHGCOM - Own work, photographed at Louvre Museum, own letters added, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9662238
Name of Alexander the Great in Egyptian hieroglyphs Written right to left, c. 332 BC, Egypt
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Photo Credit: By David Roberts - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5750344
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Ramesses II — Bust of one of the four external seated statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
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Ramesses II Bust of one of the four external seated statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
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Cleopatra comitting suicide — A Roman painting from the House of Giuseppe II in Pompeii, early 1st century AD, most likely depicting Cleopatra, wearing her royal diadem, consuming poison in an act of suicide, while her son Caesarion, also wearing a royal diadem, stands behind her
Photo Credit: By Ancient Roman painter(s) - VIII.2.39 Pompeii. Casa di Giuseppe II or Casa di Fusco or House of Emperor Joseph II., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67628691
Cleopatra comitting suicide A Roman painting from the House of Giuseppe II in Pompeii, early 1st century AD, most likely depicting Cleopatra, wearing her royal diadem, consuming poison in an act of suicide, while her son Caesarion, also wearing a royal diadem, stands behind her