Arqueology

The <n>Caryatids of the Erechtheion</n> on the Acropolis in Athens, built between 421-405 BC.

Detail of the <n>Hellenistic</n> sculpture <n>Laocoön and His Sons</n> by <n>Agesander</n>, <n>Polydorus</n>, and <n>Athenodorus</n>.

The <n>Giza pyramid complex</n> in Egypt, circa 1865.

The <n>Shrine of the Goddess Hathor</n>, featuring <n>Thutmose III</n>, at its discovery in 1906. Photo by <n>Édouard Naville</n>.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> in a photograph by <n>Nine Editorial</n>.

The 1964-1968 relocation of the <n>Abu Simbel temples</n> in Egypt, a project led by <n>UNESCO</n>. Photo by <n>AFP</n>.

A stone bas-relief known as <n>Raised hands of great finesse</n> at the <n>Kom Ombo Temple</n> in Egypt.

The relocation of the <n>Abu Simbel temples</n> in Aswan, Egypt, 1964-1968. Photo by <n>George Gerster</n>.

<n>Sand dunes</n> (1956) by photographer <n>Ján Cifra</n>.

Workmen moving a statue in the <n>Louvre</n>, 1953. Photo by <n>Mark Shaw</n> for <n>The LIFE Picture Collection</n>.

<n>Spiral Petroglyph</n> at <n>Signal Hill, Arizona</n>. Photo by <n>Atala Toy</n>.

<n>Aztec Sun Stone</n>, 1886. Photo from the <n>New York State Archives</n>.

A <n>Jōmon figurine</n> from the 1959 book 'Jomon clay figurines' by <n>Kinokuniya Shoten</n>.

Concept art titled <n>Egyptian Sunrise</n> for the video game <n>Assassin's Creed Origins</n>.

<n>Egyptian Comparisons with Minoan Hieroglyphs</n>, an illustration from <n>Arthur Evans</n>' 1921 book <n>The Palace of Minos</n>.

An <n>Aztec Calendar Stone replica</n> being carved for the <n>1964 New York World's Fair</n>.

<n>Modesty</n>, a marble sculpture by <n>Antonio Corradini</n>, 1752.

Assyrian <n>Lamassu from the palace of Sargon II</n> in Khorsabad, c. 721-705 BC. Photo by <n>swisshippo</n>.

<n>Michelangelo</n>'s <n>David</n> at the <n>Galleria dell'Accademia</n> in Florence.

A sculpture at the <n>Louvre Museum</n> in Paris. Photo by <n>Dmitri Kessel</n>, 1949.

<n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n> and the <n>Pyramid of Cheops</n> at Giza, Egypt, c. 1904-05.

Carvings on a pillar at the <n>Philae Temple</n> in Egypt.

<n>Death Blowing Bubbles</n> (1729-31), a plaster sculpture by <n>Johann Georg Leinberger</n> in Bamberg, Germany.

Excavations of the <n>Temple of Enlil</n> in Nippur, Iraq, by the <n>Penn Museum</n>, 1899-1900.

<n>The amphitheaters of Muyu-uray</n> in Peru, photographed in 1962.

A tourist copies hieroglyphs at the <n>Karnak Temple Complex</n> in Egypt, 1927.

The <n>Royal Tombs of Ur</n> excavation (1922-34), a <n>Penn Museum</n> and <n>British Museum</n> joint expedition.

The Notting Hill home of master plaster caster <n>Peter Hone</n>, photographed by <n>Paul Massey</n> for <n>The World of Interiors</n>.

<n>Glyptothek Munich</n>, 2007, a photograph by artist <n>Wolfgang Tillmans</n>.