Media Contributed by Rick
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)
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.
Name of Alexander the Great in Egyptian hieroglyphs Written right to left, c. 332 BC, Egypt
Ramesses II Bust of one of the four external seated statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
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
Cleopatra VII Ancient Roman marble sculpture of Cleopatra VII's head as displayed at the Altes Museum in Berlin
Psamtik III cropped
