Art & Images

Mesha Stele Photo

Moabite Stone Language: Moabite (a West Semitic Language) Medium: basalt stone stele Size: 1.15 meters high, 60-68 centimeters wide Length: 35 lines of writing Honoree: Mesha, king of Moab (late 9th century BCE) Approximate Date: 830 BCE Place of Discovery: Dhiban [in modern Jordan] Date of Discovery: 1868 Current Location: Louvre Museum...

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The Battle of Issus or Battle of Alexander and the Persians

Details of mosaic from Naples, Italy. They depict a battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III, king of Persia. Photo gallery of 12 pictures for "Mosaic of the Battle of Issus" [Ancient Egypt] [Images]...

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Alexander the Great Photo Gallery

Photos: Istanbul Archaeological Museums: Alexander the Great Photo Gallery by Andrys Basten at pbase.com [Ancient Near East] [Images]...

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Gudea of Lagash (Yale Photo)

Gudea of Lagash: c2150 BC Metropolitan Museum of Art, Diorite. [Image from Yale University]...

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Ziggurat at Ur (Yale Photo)

Ziggurat at Ur: (Ziggurat of King Urnammo) c2500-2100 BC [Image from Yale University]...

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Restored Ishtar Gate (Yale Photo)

Restored Ishtar Gate: Babylon c575 BC; Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Glazed brick. [Image from Yale University]...

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Ashurnasirpal II at War (Yale Photo)

Ashurnasirpal II at War: Palace of Nimrud. c875 BC British Museum, London. Limestone Approximately 23" high. [Image from Yale University]...

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Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi

The "Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi" is an iconic and historically significant artifact from ancient Mesopotamia. Here's a brief description: Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi: The Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi, often referred to as the Code of Hammurabi, is a large, inscribed stele (a stone or wooden slab) that bears one of the earliest known ...

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Standard of Ur (War Side)

Sumerian Period: Standard of Ur (War Side): (Wood panel inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli and red limestone). Site: Royal Cemetery at Ur. Country: Mesopotamia. Period Date: c.2700-2300 BCE; Object Date c. 2700 BCE. [Image from Yale University]...

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Royal Harp From Ur

Royal Harp: from the Tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur; c2685 BC The University Museum, Philadelphia. Wood with inlaid lapis lazuli and shell; 17" high [Image from Yale University]...

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