old tales and omens

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

<n>Pyramid, Giza, Egypt</n> (1989) by photographer <n>Richard Misrach</n>.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, photographed by <n>Adelphoi Zangaki</n> in 1880.

<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 artwork <n>We are all kings</n> by artist <n>Hassan Ragab</n>, created using AI.

The <n>Great Sphinx</n> at Giza, from '<n>The eternal light of Egypt: a photographic journey</n>' by <n>Sarite Sanders</n>.

The <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> during the <n>Nile River flood</n>, late 19th century. Photo by the <n>Zangaki brothers</n>.

A <n>Tiahuanaco sculpture</n> from the later period, now in an open-air museum in La Paz.

The <n>Aztec Sun Stone</n> on display in Mexico City, 1886. Photo by <n>New York State Archives</n>.

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

The partially excavated <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, c. 1870s. Photo by <n>Félix Bonfils</n>.

<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>.

<n>Teobert Maler</n> with a carved stone from the mausoleum of the high priests at <n>Chichén Itzá</n>, 1892.

The <n>Red Pyramid</n> in Dahshur, Egypt, photographed by <n>Zangaki</n> c. 1870-90.

The <n>Great Temple at Abu Simbel</n> in Egypt, with its colossal statues of Pharaoh <n>Ramesses II</n>.

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

The <n>Colossi of Memnon</n> during the seasonal flooding of the Nile in Thebes, Egypt, 1965.

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>.

<n>Louis Armstrong</n> plays for his wife <n>Lucille Wilson</n> at the <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> in 1961.

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

Digital artwork <n>Ultimus</n> by <n>John Karborn</n>.

<n>Anthropomorphic stone stelae</n> from <n>Tyritáke</n>, an ancient town of the <n>Bosporan Kingdom</n> in Crimea.

<n>Vue vers les Pyramides de Gizeh</n>, a photograph of the <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> from the 1870s.

A photograph of <n>The Great Sphinx</n> of Giza, 1867.

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

A 1913 photograph by <n>Friedrich Hunscher</n> of the <n>Bust of Nefertiti</n>, sculpted by <n>Thutmose</n> c. 1345 BCE.

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

The sculpture <n>schizoïde</n> by artist <n>Christ Candaele</n> in Evergem, Belgium.

<n>Stonehenge</n> in Wiltshire, England, photographed by <n>Isamu Noguchi</n>, c. 1955.

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

<n>Pyramids, Soft Light with Two Camels, Egypt</n> by photographer <n>Jay Maisel</n>.

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

A photograph from circa 1934 shows <n>Moai statues</n> at <n>Rano Raraku</n> on <n>Easter Island</n>.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> photographed by <n>Neurdein</n> between 1867 and 1899.