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Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



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Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

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Mask of a Maya warrior on the corner of the Temple of the Frescoes, Tulum, Yucatan. Tulum was the last settlement built by the Maya and was inhabited until after the Spanish Conquest in the early 16th.
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Mask of a Maya warrior on the corner of the Temple of the Frescoes, Tulum,...

The House of Columns, Tulum, Yucatan. Tulum was the last settlement built by the Maya and was inhabited until after the Spanish Conquest in the early 16th.
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The House of Columns, Tulum, Yucatan. Tulum was the last settl...

View across the walled Maya city of Tulum; in the foreground the House of Columns; far background the city walls. Tulum was the last ceremonial center built by the Maya, It was inhabited until after the Spanish Conquest in the early 16th.
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View across the walled Maya city of Tulum; in the foreground the House of...

An iguana suns itself on the cliff below Tulum, Yucatan.
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An iguana suns itself on the cliff below Tulum, Yucatan.

Xcaret, a small ceremonial center near Tulum. The pyramid (7th-10th CE).
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Xcaret, a small ceremonial center near Tulum. The pyramid (7th-10th CE...

Temples in Xcaret, a small ceremonial center and settlement near Tulum, Yucatan (7th-10th CE).
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Temples in Xcaret, a small ceremonial center and settlement near Tulu...

Teotihuacan, "Place of the Gods" was the most important ceremonial center in Mesoamerica. At the height of its importance, Teotihuacan had a population of 200.000. Plaza of the Moon, two platforms and the Pyramid of the Moon. 3rd-6th. Height 42 m
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Teotihuacan, "Place of the Gods" was the most important ceremonial center in Mes...

Teotihuacan, Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, and Tlaloc, the rain-god. Heads of Jaguars, symbol of death, jut out from flowers, symbol of plenitude; the god Tlaloc is shown with a face of corncobs and large goggles (3rd-6th CE).
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Teotihuacan, Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, and Tlaloc, the...

Mask of the rain-god Tlaloc; his face is made of corncobs, his eyes are covered by large goggles like the obsidian- or gold rings put over the eyes of the dead. From the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc, Teotihuacan, Mexico (3rd-6th CE).
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Mask of the rain-god Tlaloc; his face is made of corncobs, his eyes are c...

The head of a jaguar, symbol of the setting sun and of death, juts out from a flower, symbol of plenitude. Tempel of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc, Teotihuacan, Mexico (3rd-6th CE).
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The head of a jaguar, symbol of the setting sun and of death, juts out from...

The Quetzal-Mariposa Palace within the Teotihuacan Ceremonial Center. The rooms, arranges around a court- yard, belong to the priestly residences. The square pillars show reliefs of the quetzal-bird; the eye- sockets of the birds are inlaid with obsidian (3rd-6th)
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The Quetzal-Mariposa Palace within the Teotihuacan Ceremonial Center. The r...

Detail of the pillars of Mariposa-Palace, part of the priestly residences in the Teotihuacan Ceremonial Center. The low relief shows quetzal-birds with eyes inlaid with obsidian (3rd-6th CE).
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Detail of the pillars of Mariposa-Palace, part of the priestly residences in t...