A collection of high resolution zoomable images.
A collection of high resolution zoomable images.
The Alexander Mosaic is the most famous fresco discovered at Pompeii. It depicts the Battle of Issus fought between the armies of Darius III and Alexander the Great.
Idut was an important official during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. The walls of his mastaba at Saqqara depict scenes from daily life in Egypt.
This box is inlaid with lapis-lazuli and shell. It was found in one of the Sumerian royal tombs at Ur. The "Peace Side" of the Standard of Ur depicts the bounty of the land and the pleasures of the feast.
The "War Side" of the Standard of Ur depicts soldiers of Ur victorious over an enemy. It preserves one of the earliest depiction of a war cart used in battle.
A relief from the palace of Sennacherib (722-705 BC) from Kuyunjiq (Nineveh).