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View of Stonehenge Megalithic monument, Neolithic Wiltshire, Great Britain; ca. 2750-1500 BCE See also 06-02-03/67
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View of Stonehenge Megalithic monument, Neolithic Wiltshire, Great Britain; ca...

Nushaba recognising Iskandar by his portrait. (Inscription: The gate of the afflicted ones through which God comes). A miniature painting from a fifteenth century manuscript of Nezami's Khamsa ('Five Poems'). Herat, Afghanistan; 1442 (manuscript), 1535-40 (folio) Shelfmark: Add. 25900 Page Folio Number: f.245v
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Nushaba recognising Iskandar by his portrait. (Inscription: The gate of the affl...

Iskandar visiting the hermit in his cave. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Nezami's Khamsa ('Five Poems'). Herat, Afghanistan; 1535-1540. Shelfmark: Add. 25900 Page Folio Number: f.250v
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Iskandar visiting the hermit in his cave. A miniature painting from a sixteenth...

Iskandar (Alexander the Great) meeting the Brahmans. A miniature painting from an eighteenth century manuscript of the latter half of the epic poem of Shahnama. India, 1719. Shelfmark: Add.18804 Page Folio Number: f.117v
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Iskandar (Alexander the Great) meeting the Brahmans. A miniature painting from a...

Baluchi snipers observing passing sepoys (Indian soldiers working in the British Army) in the Siri-Kajur Pass. Watercolour, 1839. High up in the mountains on a rocky ledge are a group of snipers. They spy on a large group of soldiers passing below. Inscribed on the mount "The wild pass of Siri-Kajoor", Baluchistan. Shelfmark: WD 2394
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Baluchi snipers observing passing sepoys (Indian soldiers working in the British...

The Odyssey Landscape Frescoes: Messengers of Odysseus investigating the island of the Laestrygonians talk to the daughter of King Antiphates. (The Laestrygonians were a mythological tribe of gigantic cannibals who devoured some of Ulysses companions). Roman wall painting; 1st century CE.
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The Odyssey Landscape Frescoes: Messengers of Odysseus investigating the island...

Sunset over the Via Appia Antica.
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Sunset over the Via Appia Antica.

Temple of Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture, Paestum. The Doric temple has 34 fluted columns (6th BCE). 32.8 x 14.54 cm
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Temple of Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture, Paestum. The Doric temple has 34 fluted...

The so-called "Basilika" in Paestum is the oldest local temple and not a basilica, but a temple of the Goddess Hera. Mid 6th BCE 54.3 x 24.5 m
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The so-called "Basilika" in Paestum is the oldest local temple and not a basilic...

Forest dwellers and a hunter, 1713. On the far right a hunter has shot at a deer which lies wounded as two others escape. In front of the hut men and women occupy themselves with various chores. A river flows past in the foreground. ID: Add 15296 Vol 1,fol. f 71 recto.
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Forest dwellers and a hunter, 1713. On the far right a hunter has shot at a dee...

Three women bathing in a pool. The bathers and their attendants are in a walled garden. A meal is prepared in a pavilion; a servant pours drinks. ID: Or 12208
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Three women bathing in a pool. The bathers and their attendants are in a walled...

Sufi saints sitting on a verandah, with trees and landscape in the distance,1760. Some hold prayer beads, the two at the top are sitting on a carpet and have haloes. In the foreground a stool with books. In the border inscriptions in Persian and Hindi script. Sufism is an Islamic sect. ID:Add Or 4473
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Sufi saints sitting on a verandah, with trees and landscape in the distance,1760...