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The Pyramid of Cestius is a Roman Era pyramid in Rome, Italy, built as a tomb between 18-12 BCE for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation. The pyramid measures 29.6 m square at the base and stands 37 m high

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The Pyramid of Cestius is a Roman Era pyramid in Rome, Italy, built as a tomb between 18-12 BCE for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation. The pyramid measures 29.6 m square at the base and stands 37 m high

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Cordoba Mosque, Spain. Built in at least 7 phases between 784 and 987 AD, this temple still preserves the exquisite finesse of the best artisans of the time, not only Islamic, but Christian, Roman, Greek and Byzantine too. The most important religious building in the Islamic West.

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Cordoba Mosque, Spain. Built in at least 7 phases between 784 and 987 AD, this temple still preserves the exquisite finesse of the best artisans of the time, not only Islamic, but Christian, Roman, Greek and Byzantine too. The most important religious building in the Islamic West.

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A picture of the Minoan Palace of Minos in Crete, and a reconstruction of the palace as it may have appeared in its heyday. Built between 1900-1350 BCE, the palace was a complex of buildings which served as a combination religious and administrative centre rather than a royal residence

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A picture of the Minoan Palace of Minos in Crete, and a reconstruction of the palace as it may have appeared in its heyday. Built between 1900-1350 BCE, the palace was a complex of buildings which served as a combination religious and administrative centre rather than a royal residence

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The grand staircase inside Castel Savoia, a castle built for Queen Margherita of Savoy in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy, between 1899 and 1904.

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The grand staircase inside Castel Savoia, a castle built for Queen Margherita of Savoy in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy, between 1899 and 1904.

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A Greek and a Persian sharing drink for the first time since 491 BC, in a paper memorial commemorating the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and Iran in November 1902.

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A Greek and a Persian sharing drink for the first time since 491 BC, in a paper memorial commemorating the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and Iran in November 1902.

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The top image is a reconstruction of the Medieval Louvre which was built by Philip II in 1190. Between 1528-1660, it was generally demolished to make way for expanding the Louvre Palace, while some parts of the castle's foundations were incorporated in construction of the later palace

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The top image is a reconstruction of the Medieval Louvre which was built by Philip II in 1190. Between 1528-1660, it was generally demolished to make way for expanding the Louvre Palace, while some parts of the castle's foundations were incorporated in construction of the later palace

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A 1st century CE silver Roman mirror with a figurative emblem, from the treasure of the House of Menander in Pompeii, Italy. Now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples

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A 1st century CE silver Roman mirror with a figurative emblem, from the treasure of the House of Menander in Pompeii, Italy. Now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples

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The interior of the main hall of the Genko-an temple in Kyoto, Japan, built in 1694 CE. The temple is famous for its 2 large windows . One is round and is called “The Window of Enlightenment” while the other is square and is called “The Window of Confusion”

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The interior of the main hall of the Genko-an temple in Kyoto, Japan, built in 1694 CE. The temple is famous for its 2 large windows . One is round and is called “The Window of Enlightenment” while the other is square and is called “The Window of Confusion”

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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, discovered between 1896 and 1907 at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, is a collection of over 500,000 fragments of documentary, religious and important literary texts dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 7th century CE

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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, discovered between 1896 and 1907 at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, is a collection of over 500,000 fragments of documentary, religious and important literary texts dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 7th century CE

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Lighthouse at Chania port, in Crete. Built in 1864 on the site of the original lighthouse erected by the Venetians. The Ottomans took the city by force in 1645 and the lighthouse was left to ruins. Egyptian troops rebuilt it in 1864. Only the base of the Venetian structure remains

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Lighthouse at Chania port, in Crete. Built in 1864 on the site of the original lighthouse erected by the Venetians. The Ottomans took the city by force in 1645 and the lighthouse was left to ruins. Egyptian troops rebuilt it in 1864. Only the base of the Venetian structure remains

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Sepulchral inscription for the Roman Freedwoman Allia Potestas who lived between the 1st and 4th centuries CE., Museo Epigrafico, Rome

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Sepulchral inscription for the Roman Freedwoman Allia Potestas who lived between the 1st and 4th centuries CE., Museo Epigrafico, Rome

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An Etruscan imitation of an oriental-type patera, in bronze, from the Barberini tomb in Palestrina, Italy. Ca. 700-650 BCE, now housed at the Villa Giulia museum in Rome

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An Etruscan imitation of an oriental-type patera, in bronze, from the Barberini tomb in Palestrina, Italy. Ca. 700-650 BCE, now housed at the Villa Giulia museum in Rome

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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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Relief on a Roman tombstone showing a scene from the work of the deceased, who was a butcher. The man is at work, pieces of meat are hanging in front of him, and the wife is writing something on a wax tablet. The woman has a hairstyle typical of the reign of Emperor Hadrian .

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Relief on a Roman tombstone showing a scene from the work of the deceased, who was a butcher. The man is at work, pieces of meat are hanging in front of him, and the wife is writing something on a wax tablet. The woman has a hairstyle typical of the reign of Emperor Hadrian .

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Morongo Uta is the oldest of the ancient mountain fortresses on the island of Rapa Iti, in French Polynesia. Built in 1450-1550 CE, this structure perched between 260 and 300 m above sea level bears witness to a time of conflicts linked to overpopulation and the decline of resources

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Morongo Uta is the oldest of the ancient mountain fortresses on the island of Rapa Iti, in French Polynesia. Built in 1450-1550 CE, this structure perched between 260 and 300 m above sea level bears witness to a time of conflicts linked to overpopulation and the decline of resources

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A drone photo of Fort 9, with the canal-lined Great Gorgan Wall visible on the right. Built in the 5th or 6th century CE by the Sasanian Empire in Iran, the wall is 195 km long and 6–10 m wide, and features over 30 fortresses spaced at intervals of between 10 and 50 km

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A drone photo of Fort 9, with the canal-lined Great Gorgan Wall visible on the right. Built in the 5th or 6th century CE by the Sasanian Empire in Iran, the wall is 195 km long and 6–10 m wide, and features over 30 fortresses spaced at intervals of between 10 and 50 km

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Roman spearheads found at the site of a battle at Harzhorn, Germany, which took place in the early 3rd century CE between Germanic and Roman troops, some 200 years after the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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Roman spearheads found at the site of a battle at Harzhorn, Germany, which took place in the early 3rd century CE between Germanic and Roman troops, some 200 years after the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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Goddess Astarte in Alabaster, stucco, gold, rubies from between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE.On loan to The MET from the Louvre.

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Goddess Astarte in Alabaster, stucco, gold, rubies from between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE.On loan to The MET from the Louvre.

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