EditorialWalls of Babylon Babylonis Muri (title on object) From the Seven Wonders of the World (series title) The eight wonders of the world (series title) The Great Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title), The walls of Babylon, built in circles. Rear left a large bu...
EditorialSemiramis. Legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Ninus, Assyrian king. The mother Derketo abandoned her at birth and doves fed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found her. Scene from her childhood. Drawing by Casanovas. Chromolithography. La Ci...
EditorialSemiramis. Legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Ninus, Assyrian king. The mother Derketo abandoned her at birth and doves fed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found her. Scene from her childhood. Drawing by Casanovas. Chromolithography. La Ci...
EditorialSemiramis. Legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Ninus, Assyrian king. The mother Derketo abandoned her at birth and doves fed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found her. Scene from her childhood. Drawing by Casanovas. Chromolithography. La Ci...
EditorialNinus, King of Assyria, founder of Ninevah, enthroned, and flanked by soldiers. Li livre des ansienes estoires. Circa 1285. Source: Add. 15268, f.16. Language: French.
EditorialSiege of Babylon. Collected Works of Christine de Pisan. France (Paris); 1410-1411. (Whole folio) King Ninus besieging Babylon. From L'Ep?tre d'Othéa. Image taken from Collected Works of Christine de Pisan. Originally published/produced in France (...
EditorialSem?ramis (Reina as?ria Summuramat). Esposa del rey Ninus de Asiria. Tras su muerte gobern? cuarenta y dos a?os. La leyenda cuenta que fue abandonada por su madre, la diosa siria Derceto. Alimentada por las palomas, el pastor Simas la encontr?. Escena ...
EditorialSem?ramis (Reina as?ria Summuramat). Esposa del rey Ninus de Asiria. Tras su muerte gobern? cuarenta y dos a?os. La leyenda cuenta que fue abandonada por su madre, la diosa siria Derceto. Alimentada por las palomas, el pastor Simas la encontr?. Escena ...
EditorialPortrait of Semiramis, wife of King Ninus of Assyria, wearing a hairband, holding a scroll and with a bare breast, on cornelian from the Duke of Marlborough's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and E...
EditorialSemiramis, wife of King Ninus of Assyria, with scroll and diadem. Copperplate engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after a design by Giovanni Battista Cipriani from 108 Plates of Antique Gems, 1860. The gems were from the Duke of Marlborough's collection.