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The 1st century CE al-Diwan is a square chamber containing 3 stone benches that served as a triclinium for sacred feasts. Carved by the Nabataeans into a hillside to shield it from the wind, it's one of the few extant examples of nonfunerary architecture in Madain Saleh, Saudi Arabia

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The 1st century CE al-Diwan is a square chamber containing 3 stone benches that served as a triclinium for sacred feasts. Carved by the Nabataeans into a hillside to shield it from the wind, it's one of the few extant examples of nonfunerary architecture in Madain Saleh, Saudi Arabia

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Malinalco archeological site, in Mexico, is a sanctuary complex built in a hill by the Aztecs from the mid 15th to the beginnings of the 16th century CE. The site contains 6 buildings, but the main one is the Cuauhcalli, which is significant in that it is carved out of the hill itself

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Malinalco archeological site, in Mexico, is a sanctuary complex built in a hill by the Aztecs from the mid 15th to the beginnings of the 16th century CE. The site contains 6 buildings, but the main one is the Cuauhcalli, which is significant in that it is carved out of the hill itself

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Jabal Al Khuraymat, largest cluster of tombs in Hegra, Saudi Arabia, can be found at this outcrop. The unfinished tombs leave hints how the Nabataean people would carve the tombs, starting from top and in several layers of work. 1st century CE

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Jabal Al Khuraymat, largest cluster of tombs in Hegra, Saudi Arabia, can be found at this outcrop. The unfinished tombs leave hints how the Nabataean people would carve the tombs, starting from top and in several layers of work. 1st century CE

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Mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale depicting one of the central examples of Byzantine art and architecture, completed in 547 A.D. It is the only major church from the period of Roman Emperor Justinians reign that survives intact.

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Mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale depicting one of the central examples of Byzantine art and architecture, completed in 547 A.D. It is the only major church from the period of Roman Emperor Justinians reign that survives intact.

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A Daunian stele at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Manfredonia in Italy. Daunian stele is a type of stone funerary monument constructed from the end of the 8th to the 6th century BCE by the Daunians, an Iapygian tribe which inhabited Apulia in classical antiquity

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A Daunian stele at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Manfredonia in Italy. Daunian stele is a type of stone funerary monument constructed from the end of the 8th to the 6th century BCE by the Daunians, an Iapygian tribe which inhabited Apulia in classical antiquity

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A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

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A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

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Nabatean frescoes, Little Petra, Jordan, 40 BC - 25 AD. The Hellenistic Alexandrian style painted remains in the arched recess of a chamber known as the "Painted Biclinium" are the most important and largest example of Nabataean mural painting that has survived in situ...

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Nabatean frescoes, Little Petra, Jordan, 40 BC - 25 AD. The Hellenistic Alexandrian style painted remains in the arched recess of a chamber known as the "Painted Biclinium" are the most important and largest example of Nabataean mural painting that has survived in situ...

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Corinthian Tomb, Petra, Jordan, 40-70 AD. One of the four "Royal Tombs", monumental sepulchres carved into the pink sandstone cliff, and based on the structure of the Treasury, its heavily weathered facade was designed in an architectural blend of Greek and Nabataean styles...

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Corinthian Tomb, Petra, Jordan, 40-70 AD. One of the four "Royal Tombs", monumental sepulchres carved into the pink sandstone cliff, and based on the structure of the Treasury, its heavily weathered facade was designed in an architectural blend of Greek and Nabataean styles...

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The Treasure Foot of Basel Cathedral, dating to 1450, is an extraordinary reliquary crafted from silver, copper, gold, pearl, enamel, precious stones, and glass. It contains the bones of a child’s foot, traditionally associated with the massacre in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod.

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The Treasure Foot of Basel Cathedral, dating to 1450, is an extraordinary reliquary crafted from silver, copper, gold, pearl, enamel, precious stones, and glass. It contains the bones of a child’s foot, traditionally associated with the massacre in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod.

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The Ancient City of Hegra, in the Arabian Desert, c.50 CE: this rock-hewn city was built by the Nabataeans, and it originally served as a center for international trade, but it was later transformed into a necropolis with more than 100 monumental tombs

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The Ancient City of Hegra, in the Arabian Desert, c.50 CE: this rock-hewn city was built by the Nabataeans, and it originally served as a center for international trade, but it was later transformed into a necropolis with more than 100 monumental tombs

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An 11th century ornamental shield carved from an elk's antler that was discovered in Louis the Pious's funerary chapel, located in Metz, France.

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An 11th century ornamental shield carved from an elk's antler that was discovered in Louis the Pious's funerary chapel, located in Metz, France.

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Chapel of San Baudelio de Berlanga, 11th century, Soria, Spain. It was built in the middle of nowhere, in lands that were frontier between Christianity and Islam. A plain stone square from outside, its palm tree shaped central column and frescoes make this church next to unique...

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Chapel of San Baudelio de Berlanga, 11th century, Soria, Spain. It was built in the middle of nowhere, in lands that were frontier between Christianity and Islam. A plain stone square from outside, its palm tree shaped central column and frescoes make this church next to unique...

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Chapel of San Baudelio de Berlanga, 11th century, Soria, Spain. It was built in the middle of nowhere, in lands that were frontier between Christianity and Islam. A plain stone square from outside, its palm tree shaped central column and frescoes make this church next to unique...

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Chapel of San Baudelio de Berlanga, 11th century, Soria, Spain. It was built in the middle of nowhere, in lands that were frontier between Christianity and Islam. A plain stone square from outside, its palm tree shaped central column and frescoes make this church next to unique...

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Carved-out stairs, water channels, and chambers the Nabateans used as homes, warehouses, cisterns, etc., Siq al-Barid , aka Little Petra, Jordan. Probably built at the top of Nabataean influence, in the 1st century C.E., it worked as a caravanserai next to Petra.

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Carved-out stairs, water channels, and chambers the Nabateans used as homes, warehouses, cisterns, etc., Siq al-Barid , aka Little Petra, Jordan. Probably built at the top of Nabataean influence, in the 1st century C.E., it worked as a caravanserai next to Petra.

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Cufflinks that contain pictures of two different strains of plague-causing bacteria discovered in 1894, the names of which are engraved on the back. It's believed they were made by Fabergé, for someone prominent in the field of bacteriology. ⁣From the Wellcome Collection.

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Cufflinks that contain pictures of two different strains of plague-causing bacteria discovered in 1894, the names of which are engraved on the back. It's believed they were made by Fabergé, for someone prominent in the field of bacteriology. ⁣From the Wellcome Collection.

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A 12th century stone carving of a man who is riding some mythical animal, from Baleshwar Temple of Champawat, Uttarakhand, India. It belongs to the era of the Chand Dynasty of Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India.

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A 12th century stone carving of a man who is riding some mythical animal, from Baleshwar Temple of Champawat, Uttarakhand, India. It belongs to the era of the Chand Dynasty of Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India.

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Located at San Agustín Archaeological Park in Colombia, the Lavapatas Ceremonial Fountain is an extraordinary labyrinth of canals and figures carved into rock by ancient Indigenous Americans, that include snakes, lizards, the faces of children, and a woman in labor. 1st-9th century CE

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Located at San Agustín Archaeological Park in Colombia, the Lavapatas Ceremonial Fountain is an extraordinary labyrinth of canals and figures carved into rock by ancient Indigenous Americans, that include snakes, lizards, the faces of children, and a woman in labor. 1st-9th century CE

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Parigala is considered one of Azerbaijan's lesser-known archeological treasures. The site, built between the 4th-8th centuries CE, consists of a limestone brick structure of 3 rooms with a window, built 300 m up the side of a cliff in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains

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Parigala is considered one of Azerbaijan's lesser-known archeological treasures. The site, built between the 4th-8th centuries CE, consists of a limestone brick structure of 3 rooms with a window, built 300 m up the side of a cliff in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains

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Stone relief that served as a shop sign in Ostia in the late 2nd century AD. The picture shows a saleswoman with pens of chickens and hares; baskets of fruit, one of which contains figs; a vat of snails, a delicacy; and two monkeys to attract and entertain customers. Museum of Ostia

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Stone relief that served as a shop sign in Ostia in the late 2nd century AD. The picture shows a saleswoman with pens of chickens and hares; baskets of fruit, one of which contains figs; a vat of snails, a delicacy; and two monkeys to attract and entertain customers. Museum of Ostia

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