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  • Fragment of a stone vessel with cuneiform inscription in the Akkadian language, steatite and chlorite, State of Dilmun, c. 1700 BC, part of a burial offering found in the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of a stone vessel with cuneiform inscription in the Akkadian language, steatite and chlorite, State of Dilmun, c. 1700 BC, part of a burial offering found in the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of fallen roof with an inscription in Greek in the ruins of the Homeric city of Troy, Hill of Hissarlik, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia and was the setting of the Trojan Wars described in Homer's Iliad. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble fragment from the Temple of Athena, c. 300 BC, in the ruins of the Homeric city of Troy, Hill of Hissarlik, Turkey. The Mycenaean temple was surrounded by a Doric colonnade supporting a coffered ceiling and was built by Lysimachus, one of Alexander the Great's successors. In Greek and Roman times it was the site of the annual festival in honour of the goddess Athena. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia and was the setting of the Trojan Wars described in Homer's Iliad. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of a sarcophagus carved with a winged animal and foliage designs, 2nd century AD, from the Ethnographic Museum in Berat, Albania. The carving was originally part of a huge cliff which was carved for decoration and later used for a sarcophagus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble fragment from the Temple of Athena, c. 300 BC, in the ruins of the Homeric city of Troy, Hill of Hissarlik, Turkey. The Mycenaean temple was surrounded by a Doric colonnade supporting a coffered ceiling and was built by Lysimachus, one of Alexander the Great's successors. In Greek and Roman times it was the site of the annual festival in honour of the goddess Athena. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia and was the setting of the Trojan Wars described in Homer's Iliad. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of colossal Roman Statue, Amman Citadel, Jabal al-Qal'a, Amman, Jordan. This hand fragment belonged to a colossal statue from the Roman period and was found near the Temple of Hercules. The statue is estimated to have stood over 13 metres high making it one of the largest statues from Greco-Roman times. Due to the massiveness of the statue, the temple was attributed to Hercules who was renowned for his physical strength. Downtown Amman cityscape visible in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sleeping guards at the tomb of Christ, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The guards are positioned between the Entombment and the discovery of the empty tomb, although the Resurrection itself is not depicted. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The cauldron of hell, detail, with sinful clergy boiling alive over the fire fed by bellows, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The cauldron of hell, with sinful clergy boiling alive over the fire fed by bellows, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The cauldron of hell, detail, with sinful clergy boiling alive over the fire fed by bellows, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • CORINTH, GREECE - APRIL 16 : A detail of a Roman inscription, on 16 April 2007 in Corinth, Greece. A fragment of an Latin inscription, carved in stone and lit by the early morning light, perches on a wall of massive stones amongst the ruins of Corinth.  Founded in Neolithic times,  Corinth was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Sleeping guards at the tomb of Christ, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The guards are positioned between the Entombment and the discovery of the empty tomb, although the Resurrection itself is not depicted. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The jaws of hell, with sinners entering the open mouth of the Leviathan, fragment from the lateral return of the original rood screen, now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A portrait of archaeologist Jacqui Wood on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Inside her replica Bronze Age Roundhouse she is holding a fragment of an iron cauldron found in a votive pool which she dates between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating)(Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of a fragment of an iron cauldron on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The cauldron was found with textiles in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates it between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating).(Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of archaeological finds on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. A fragment of an iron cauldron, a leather shoe sole, brass pins, finger nail pairings, human hair, heather stalks and a strip of silk and wool mix textile, were found in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates them between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating).  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of a fragment of an iron cauldron on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The cauldron was found with textiles in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates it between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating). (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Aurora and the sky, tapestry fragment, c. 1530, from Bruges, with goddess Aurora pushing the night sky and pulling the sun chariot, with signs of the zodiac, in the Chambre de retrait, or withdrawal chamber, used for receiving close friends, in the Chateau de Langeais, a Renaissance castle built 1465-69 by king Louis XI, on the river Loire in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally built in the 10th century by Foulques Nerra, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean Bourre and Jean Briconnet. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dancer wearing a chiton (Greek tunic), Gallo-Roman relief fragment, 1st century AD, from a funerary monument or mausoleum, excavated in the Arles ramparts, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female head, fragment of a statue, Roman, mid 3rd century AD, marble, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hathoric capital with Isis and Osiris and cartouche of Min with Horus wearing double crown, relief on sandstone lintel fragment from the Temple of Cleopatra and Caesar, Roman period, mid 1st century AD, from Coptos, or Qift, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallo-Roman funerary stela fragment with relief of fabric press, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ossuary fragment with relief of garlands, flowers, bucrania or bulls' skulls and human heads, from the Amaxia and Syedroi workshop in western Cicilia, 1st - 2nd century AD, in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, housed in the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, or the Kastello, a Gothic medieval castle built 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller as their headquarters, in the town of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus or Dionysus with Ampelos, a young satyr, wall painting fragment from the triclinium at Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen Hatshepsut following her husband Thutmosis II, originally depicted as a royal consort, wearing a long dress and holding the sceptre of the god's wives, later modified, relief from a wall fragment, 18th dynasty, c. 1480 BC, New Kingdom, limestone, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele of Timakratea, fragment, with relief of the deceased, a woman wearing chiton (tunic) and himation (cloak), holding hand of a young girl playing with a dog, Greek, 3rd century BC, from Rhodes, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Venus, goddess of love and beauty, fragment, Gallo-Roman, marble, 1st century AD, from the Arles Roman Theatre, excavated in 1823, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Venus, goddess of love and beauty, fragment, Gallo-Roman, marble, 1st century AD, from the Arles Roman Theatre, excavated in 1823, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Child with a dog on a lead and the inscription Vava, sgraffito from a Gallo-Roman fresco fragment, 61-150 AD, excavated at Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument fragment with accessories used in thermal baths, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jupiter Ammon, an Egyptian divinity popular during the time of Augustus, fragment of a clipeus, a large defensive shield, Roman, 1st century AD, part of the decoration of the portico of the Tarraco workshop area, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dancing maenad, female follower of Dionysus, sculpted stone fragment forming base of a mausoleum, Roman, in Montjuic sandstone, 1st century AD, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the MUHBA Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302, the Casa Padellas, the Palau Comtal, the Watchtower of King Marti and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of MUHBA or the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone with a carved fragment of a larger inscription, recording a measurement of length in Roman feet '(PE) DATVRA (…) VCI', built by an unknown unit, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Housesteads Fort was built in 124 AD and is the most complete Roman fort in Britain, built by legionaries to house 10 centuries of auxiliary soldiers based on the frontier. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman stone carved with a fragment of an inscription, stating the self-government of the vicus, the civilian settlement outside of the fort, at the Housesteads Roman Fort Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. The inscription refers to ‘D.VICA (NI)’, the decree of the vicuna and is probably referring to a public work carried out by a council of villagers. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Housesteads Roman Fort Museum is run by English Heritage and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A detail of Roman sculpture, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. Two lions eat a basket of fruit on this fragment of Roman relief sculpture. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times.
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  • A detail of Roman sculpture, on April 16, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. This column fragment is garlanded with leaves and flowers. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times.
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  • A detail of Roman remains, on 16 April 2007 in Corinth, Greece. A fragment of an inscription mentioning Caesar and a Corinthian capital, lit by the early morning light, lie amongst the ruins of Corinth.  Founded in Neolithic times,  Corinth was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC. Rebuilt a century later it was destroyed by an earthquake in Byzantine times.
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  • Wool and linen woven textile fragment, with animal design, 5th - 6th century AD, from Egypt, from the exhibition 'Sur la Route de la Soie: Etoffes, Luxe et Pouvoir', June-October 2022, about the manufacture and trade of silk along the Silk Road, at the Musee d'Art et d'Archeologie de Cluny, Abbaye de Cluny, Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samite fragment, silk fabric with lion frieze motif, <br />
from Sogdia in Central Asia, 7th - 8th century AD, from the exhibition 'Sur la Route de la Soie: Etoffes, Luxe et Pouvoir', June-October 2022, about the manufacture and trade of silk along the Silk Road, at the Musee d'Art et d'Archeologie de Cluny, Abbaye de Cluny, Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Heavenly Jerusalem, limestone carving on a capital abacus fragment, 12th century, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Juggler, archivolt fragment with high relief in limestone, late 12th century, from Berry, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a veiled woman, possibly a sarcophagus fragment, Roman, 2nd century AD, marble, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative frieze fragment with bas-relief of foliage and a bird, Coptic, 4th - 7th century AD, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Royal figure making an offering, Ptolemaic Egyptian relief with hieroglyphs on limestone, fragment, 323-30 BC, from Coptos, or Qift, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Offering scene, Egyptian relief with hieroglyphs, fragment of a limestone lintel from the Temple of Sesostris I, 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC, from Coptos, or Qift, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cartouche of Sesostris I, unifier of the 2 Egypts and son of Re, and symbols of his reign, Egyptian hieroglyph relief, fragment of a limestone lintel from the royal exit passage at the Temple of Sesostris I, 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC, from Coptos, or Qift, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus, Roman god of wine, fresco fragment from a Gallo-Roman villa, 3rd century AD, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three boys in the furnace, bas-relief fragment, alabaster, 17th century, from the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes in Langres, now housed in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grape harvest mosaic, fragment with naked man crushing grapes, 2nd century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ptolemaic queen with Egyptian facial features and headdress, statue fragment, Hellenistic, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cross, columns, garland, shell and palm fronds,  stone fragment decorated on both sides, limestone relief, 4th - 5th century, Coptic early christian, in the Alexandria National Museum, inaugurated 2003, housing collections from the pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods, in Alexandria, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Venatore fighting wild animals in an arena, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus and Dionysus, wall painting fragment from the Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mountain landscape, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Venatore fighting wild animals in an arena, detail, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hieroglyphs, painted relief on a masonry fragment from the upper terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Queen Hatshepsut was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagus fragment with relief of hunting scene, imperial Roman, from Arles, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallic weapons, Gallo-Roman relief fragment of shields, a spear and short sword on a belt, from a municipal arch, early 1st century AD, excavated at the Arles ramparts, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Packers at work, Gallo-Roman relief fragment from a funerary monument, 3rd century AD, excavated at the Arles necropolis, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. Arles sits on river and road axes and would have had an important trading industry and many storage facilities. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of bearded man with pointed ear, with crocodile and dolphin, thought to be a god of the ocean, fragment, Gallo-Roman, from Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frieze fragment with urn and vegetal scrolls, Gallo-Roman bas-relief, late 2nd century AD, excavated in the Bardon house in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gladiator, painted Gallo-Roman vase fragment, excavated at the Vesunna domus in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary monument fragment with accessories used in thermal baths, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD,  limestone, discovered in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with dog chasing deer, detail, Roman fresco fragment, 2nd – 3rd century AD, from the southern wall of a corridor in a luxurious house near the port, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It is thought the fresco was painted by a local artist. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with dog chasing deer, Roman fresco fragment, 2nd – 3rd century AD, from the southern wall of a corridor in a luxurious house near the port, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It is thought the fresco was painted by a local artist. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Goddess Nemesis accompanied by a genius with cornucopia and hunter with bow next to a bear, detail, Roman fresco fragment, from the wall of an underground shrine where gladiators and hunters would have prayed to the goddess before going into the arena, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peacock, symbol of immortality and of the godess Juno, detail, Roman fresco fragment, 1st - 3rd century AD, from the wall of a patio containing the lararium of a luxurius house near the port, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture fragment in bronze of a torso from an equestrian statue, Roman, 1st century BC, in the Museo de Caceres, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Caceres was founded by the Romans in 25 BC and is a UNESCO World Heritage City. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic fragment with floral designs in geometric shapes with knotwork, from the Villa de Santa Lucia, Aguilafuente, Segovia, limestone, 4th century AD, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Santa Lucia was a late Roman town thriving in the 4th and 5th centuries AD, with over 80 villas so far identified for excavation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse, Roman fresco fragment, 4th century AD, from the Villa de Santa Lucia, Aguilafuente, Segovia, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Santa Lucia was a late Roman town thriving in the 4th and 5th centuries AD, with over 80 villas so far identified for excavation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Birds, Roman fresco fragment, 4th century AD, from the Villa de Santa Lucia, Aguilafuente, Segovia, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Santa Lucia was a late Roman town thriving in the 4th and 5th centuries AD, with over 80 villas so far identified for excavation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mural painting fragment from a room in House no. 1, in the Empuries Museum, near Figueres, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Empuries is an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bas-relief fragment set into the cloister wall, at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey is privately owned and its estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of the tomb of King Rene d'Anjou, 1450-80, by Jean and Pons Poncet, marble, from the tomb of Rene his first wife Isabelle of Lorraine in Angers Cathedral, in the Musee des Beaux Arts, opened 2004 on Place Saint Eloi, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum is located in the Logis Barrault, and displays fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries and exhibitions on the history of Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Jesus, Roman marble sarcophagus fragment from Proconesia, Greece, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the MUHBA Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302, the Casa Padellas, the Palau Comtal, the Watchtower of King Marti and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of MUHBA or the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief representing Summer, nude torso with sickle, fragment of Roman sarcophagus in marble, from Thasos, Greece, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the MUHBA Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302, the Casa Padellas, the Palau Comtal, the Watchtower of King Marti and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of MUHBA or the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, fragment of a monumental sculpture in polychrome tufa stone, with an angel giving robes to the chosen ones, detail, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The incomplete sculpture was reconstructed in 1989 and restored in 2011. It is thought to have adorned the wall of the nave of the Romanesque abbey church, between the chevet and the St Benoit chapel. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, fragment of a monumental sculpture in polychrome tufa stone, with an angel giving robes to the chosen ones, detail, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The incomplete sculpture was reconstructed in 1989 and restored in 2011. It is thought to have adorned the wall of the nave of the Romanesque abbey church, between the chevet and the St Benoit chapel. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, fragment of a monumental sculpture in polychrome tufa stone, detail of angel holding robes to give to the chosen ones, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The incomplete sculpture was reconstructed in 1989 and restored in 2011. It is thought to have adorned the wall of the nave of the Romanesque abbey church, between the chevet and the St Benoit chapel. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, fragment of a monumental sculpture in polychrome tufa stone, with an angel giving robes to the chosen ones, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The incomplete sculpture was reconstructed in 1989 and restored in 2011. It is thought to have adorned the wall of the nave of the Romanesque abbey church, between the chevet and the St Benoit chapel. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragments of a painted pottery vessel, a recent discovery in excavations at the Temple of Apollo, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian fragment of an anthropomorphic figure in clay, 825-1500 AD, donated by the family of Raphael Esteva, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calvary, detail, sculptural group with Christ on the cross surrounded by a soldier with a spear and the sponge carrier, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist either side, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Owned by the Musee du Berry and housed in the Louvre until 1994, this sculpture was reworked in the 17th century, especially the body of Christ. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calvary, detail, sculptural group with Christ on the cross surrounded by a soldier with a spear and the sponge carrier, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist either side, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Owned by the Musee du Berry and housed in the Louvre until 1994, this sculpture was reworked in the 17th century, especially the body of Christ. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calvary, sculptural group with Christ on the cross surrounded by a soldier with a spear and the sponge carrier, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist either side, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Owned by the Musee du Berry and housed in the Louvre until 1994, this sculpture was reworked in the 17th century, especially the body of Christ. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief fragment of a female sitting on an Ionic column, Hellenistic period, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone decorations with floral designs in the ruins of the Homeric city of Troy, Hill of Hissarlik, Turkey. Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia and was the setting of the Trojan Wars described in Homer's Iliad. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Hercules, Amman Citadel, Jabal al Qal'a, Amman, Jordan. This Roman temple was built in 162-66 AD and is dedicated to co-emperors Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. Showing 2 columns with corinthian capitals, and in foreground, hand of colossal Roman statue, probably of god Hercules. This fragment belonged to a colossal statue from the Roman period and was found near the Temple. The statue is estimated to have stood over 13 metres high making it one of the largest statues from Greco-Roman times. Due to the massiveness of the statue, the temple was attributed to Hercules who was renowned for his physical strength. Cityscape of downtown Amman visible in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bas-relief fragment with coat of arms of the Della Rovere family, an Italian noble family, 16th century, polychrome limestone, discovered in 1909 in the wall foundations of the Chapter de Saint Vincent in Macon, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom, fragment, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Romanesque, 11th century, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three boys in the furnace, bas-relief fragment, alabaster, 17th century, from the Cathedral St Mammes in Langres, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mermaid, fresco fragment, Gallo-Roman, late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caracalla, or Marcus Aurelius Caracalla, 188-217 AD, Roman emperor, wearing Egyptian pharaonic headdress with protective uraeus, statue fragment, granite, Roman, from Kafr El Sheikh, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gladiators posing for combat, marble Roman relief fragment, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tigress attacking a wild boar, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Young woman with raised arm and cecryphalus hairstyle, high relief fragment from a funerary stele, Greek, from Attica, 4th century BC, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fish, fresco fragment from the Vesunna domus in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela fragment depicting a figure holding writing implements, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peacock, symbol of immortality and of the godess Juno, Roman fresco fragment, 1st - 3rd century AD, from the wall of a patio containing the lararium of a luxurius house near the port, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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