Arqueologia

A <n>Sumerian teaching tablet</n> from the <n>Library of Congress</n> collection.

<n>The Caryatids</n> of <n>The Erechtheion</n> on the Acropolis in Athens, 1946. Photo by <n>Werner Bischof</n>.

<n>Head of Hygiea</n>, a sculpture from Tegea, c. 380 BC. Photo by <n>Martin Hurlimann</n>.

Diorite <n>Statue of Khafre</n>, c. 2500 BC. Photo by <n>Tony Evans</n>.

A cat at the <n>Philae temple</n> in Aswan, Egypt.

A <n>Zapotec Bat God Funerary Urn</n>, used in a publication with a poem by <n>Macario Matus</n>.

<n>Ceremonial stele, cosmogram</n> from the <n>Valdivia culture</n> in Ecuador, c. 2300-1500 BC.

An <n>Early-stage Cuneiform Token with Counting Inscription</n> from ancient <n>Sumer</n>.

Carvings inside the <n>Ramesses II Temple</n> in Abu Simbel, Egypt. Photo by <n>Jidekis Gallardo Garcia</n>.

Aerial view of the <n>Sassanian city of Ardashir-Khurreh</n> in Firuzabad, Iran, from the 3rd century AD.

<n>Head of Athena from the Lion metope</n> from the <n>Temple of Zeus, Olympia</n>. From <n>Greek Masterworks of Art</n>.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> in Egypt. Photo by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

<n>Husn al Ghuwayzi</n> fortress in Mukalla, Yemen, built in 1884. Photo by <n>Michael Asher</n>.

<n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n> photographed by <n>Sarite Sanders</n>.

A sculpture by <n>Henry Moore</n> from the 1968 <n>Tate Gallery</n> retrospective catalogue.

<n>Egyptian hieroglyphs</n> translating to 'I make my journey'.

Models of cooking-pots and water jars from Nasilai Village, Fiji, from a 1951 study by <n>Edward Winslow Gifford</n>.

The <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> in Egypt, photographed by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

A view of the <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> in Cairo, Egypt. Photo by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

<n>Head of Apollo</n>, a 5th century BCE marble sculpture from the <n>Temple of Zeus at Olympia</n>.

Illustration from <n>Arthur Evans</n>'s book <n>The Palace of Minos</n> comparing Minoan and Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Japanese clay vessels from the <n>Tokyo National Museum</n>, featured in <n>Japan before Buddhism</n> by <n>J. Edward Kidder</n>.

The <n>Great Pyramids of Giza</n>, photographed by <n>Quentin De Briey</n> for <n>WSJ. Magazine</n>.

The <n>Bent Pyramid of Sneferu</n> at Dahshur, Egypt.

A view of the <n>Great Pyramid of Giza</n>. Photo by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

The <n>Karnak Temple</n> in Luxor, Egypt.

An <n>Inca</n> pottery vessel and basalt bowl from the <n>Museum of Archaeology, Cuzco</n>.

The <n>Bridge of Shadman Malik</n> in Samarkand, photographed 1871-1872 for the <n>Turkestan Album</n>.

The <n>Nefertiti Bust</n>, sculpted by <n>Thutmose</n> c. 1345 BC. Photo by <n>Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft</n>, 1912.

<n>Arabian Dyptich No. 7</n> by artist <n>Jean Jacques Balzac</n>.

<n>Egyptian Rock Crystal Sphinx Ring</n> from the New Kingdom's Ramesside Period, c. 1292-1069 BC.

The <n>Westernmost Colossus of the Temple of Re, Abu Simbel</n>, photographed by <n>Maxime Du Camp</n> in 1850.

Photo by <n>Francis Stoppelman</n> from the book <n>México en movimiento</n>, Mexico, 1968.

<n>The Gate of Xerxes</n> at <n>Persepolis</n>, photographed by <n>Antoin Sevruguin</n> c. 1890s.

Wooden statue of the <n>Anubis Shrine</n> from the tomb of Horemheb, photographed by <n>Harry Burton</n> in 1912.