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Egyptian blue pigment found in Augusta Raurica , Switzerland. The pigments were used in wall paintings. In Roman times, Egyptian blue was distributed throughout the Empire in a more or less standardised form of small balls of 15-20 mm in diameter

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Egyptian blue pigment found in Augusta Raurica , Switzerland. The pigments were used in wall paintings. In Roman times, Egyptian blue was distributed throughout the Empire in a more or less standardised form of small balls of 15-20 mm in diameter

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Samples of some of the marbles used in the Roman Empire. For centuries, all sorts of different marbles were methodically sought and brought from all the reaches of the empire. Myriad marbles covered the walls and floors of the Imperial buildings. Rome was a richly colorful place...

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Samples of some of the marbles used in the Roman Empire. For centuries, all sorts of different marbles were methodically sought and brought from all the reaches of the empire. Myriad marbles covered the walls and floors of the Imperial buildings. Rome was a richly colorful place...

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Fragments of a stone inscription from Olympia : the Rules of the Isolympic games in Naples, the Sebasta. These games, based on the Olympics, were founded for Roman emperor Augustus in 2 BCE - 2 CE ca. The inscription is of 1st-2nd c. CE; at the Arch. Mus. of Olympia

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Fragments of a stone inscription from Olympia : the Rules of the Isolympic games in Naples, the Sebasta. These games, based on the Olympics, were founded for Roman emperor Augustus in 2 BCE - 2 CE ca. The inscription is of 1st-2nd c. CE; at the Arch. Mus. of Olympia

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The 18th century buildings of Arles share the urban landscape with a Roman amphitheater built in 90 aD. With the fall of the Western Empire, the amphitheatre was transformed into a fortress with four towers. The structure encircled more than 200 houses, becoming a real town...

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The 18th century buildings of Arles share the urban landscape with a Roman amphitheater built in 90 aD. With the fall of the Western Empire, the amphitheatre was transformed into a fortress with four towers. The structure encircled more than 200 houses, becoming a real town...

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Amphitheater, Roman city of Augusta Emerita, Merida, Spain. Constructed in 8 BC to complement the theater built next to it some 7 years earlier. This fighting ground was used until the fall of the Empire in the 4th century and ended partially underground. It was uncovered in 1912...

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Amphitheater, Roman city of Augusta Emerita, Merida, Spain. Constructed in 8 BC to complement the theater built next to it some 7 years earlier. This fighting ground was used until the fall of the Empire in the 4th century and ended partially underground. It was uncovered in 1912...

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A wall painting from the tomb KV6 of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses IX , located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings

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A wall painting from the tomb KV6 of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses IX , located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings

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The Abbey library of St Gall, Saint Gallen, Switzerland. It was founded in the 8th century. The library has a collection of around 170,000 books. Over 400 volumes are more than 1,000 years old.

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The Abbey library of St Gall, Saint Gallen, Switzerland. It was founded in the 8th century. The library has a collection of around 170,000 books. Over 400 volumes are more than 1,000 years old.

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The colossal 3,200-year-old statue of Ramesses II, which is 11 meters tall and weighs 83 tons. It was discovered in 1820, broken into six pieces at Mit Rahina near ancient Memphis, where it lay for several decades. It is now in the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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The colossal 3,200-year-old statue of Ramesses II, which is 11 meters tall and weighs 83 tons. It was discovered in 1820, broken into six pieces at Mit Rahina near ancient Memphis, where it lay for several decades. It is now in the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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Gothic and Romanesque styles separated by a crack on the wall. Basilica of St. Isidore, Leon, Spain, 12th-16th centuries. Its Christian roots reach back to the early 10th century, when a monastery for Saint John the Baptist was erected on the site of an ancient Roman temple...

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Gothic and Romanesque styles separated by a crack on the wall. Basilica of St. Isidore, Leon, Spain, 12th-16th centuries. Its Christian roots reach back to the early 10th century, when a monastery for Saint John the Baptist was erected on the site of an ancient Roman temple...

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The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, a decorated and inscribed Romano-British bronze trulla of the 2nd c. CE. The inscription contains the names of four Roman forts of the Hadrian wall. British museum, nr. 2005,1204.1

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The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, a decorated and inscribed Romano-British bronze trulla of the 2nd c. CE. The inscription contains the names of four Roman forts of the Hadrian wall. British museum, nr. 2005,1204.1

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In the annex of the Vatican walls there is a giant pine cone , which once served as a fountain in Roman times.

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In the annex of the Vatican walls there is a giant pine cone , which once served as a fountain in Roman times.

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While preparing for construction of a housing development in Stuttgart, Germany, an ancient horse cemetery with more than 100 burials was discovered that was used by the Roman cavalry unit stationed nearby in the second century C.E.

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While preparing for construction of a housing development in Stuttgart, Germany, an ancient horse cemetery with more than 100 burials was discovered that was used by the Roman cavalry unit stationed nearby in the second century C.E.

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A painted round table from one of the dining rooms at villa Moregine in Pompeii. The table has a marble top from the centre of which water flowed to enhance the dining experience. The beds were faced with marble, and a small channel ran around inside them and was fed by 14 water jets

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A painted round table from one of the dining rooms at villa Moregine in Pompeii. The table has a marble top from the centre of which water flowed to enhance the dining experience. The beds were faced with marble, and a small channel ran around inside them and was fed by 14 water jets

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Roman mosaic in Ostia showing the measurement of grain. The seizure was performed by the so-called agrimensores, who specialized in measuring the amount of material or distance.

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Roman mosaic in Ostia showing the measurement of grain. The seizure was performed by the so-called agrimensores, who specialized in measuring the amount of material or distance.

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Statue of the god Anubis, or more specifically Hermanubis; a blend of the Egyptian jackal god of death and the Roman messenger god Hermes, 1st-2nd centuries A.D.

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Statue of the god Anubis, or more specifically Hermanubis; a blend of the Egyptian jackal god of death and the Roman messenger god Hermes, 1st-2nd centuries A.D.

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