EditorialThe remaining walls of the ancient city of Jericho (Tell-El-Sultan), Israel, probably destroyed by an earthquake in the 2nd millenium. Jericho is one of the world's oldest towns. Archaeological finds date back 9000 years.
EditorialEastern Mediterranean Civilization. Ebla. Syrian city of the 3rd millenium BC. Capital of the Semitic Kingdom. (Currently called Tell Mardikh). Ruins. Photo taken before the Syrian Civil War.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialTerracotta plaque showing a bull-man holding a post, Mesopotamian, Old Babylonian, 2.000-1.600 BCE. The relief shows a creature with head and torso of a human but lower body and legs of a bull. He may be supporting a divine emblem and this acting as a ...
EditorialPresages of the Millenium, James Gillray, 17571815, British, after James Gillray, 17571815, British, Published by Hannah Humphrey, ca. 17451818, British, 1795, Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper,...
EditorialAssyrian Empire. 1st Millenium BCE. Ashurnasirpal hunting lions. Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. ca. 865 BCE. Iraq. Bristih Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialArabic peninsula. Male statue. With typical Mesopotamian features Mid-3rd millenium BC. (Early Dynastic II ?). Limestone. H. 94 cm. Tarut. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabian.
EditorialPresages of the Millenium, James Gillray, 17571815, British, after James Gillray, 17571815, British, Published by Hannah Humphrey, ca. 17451818, British, 1795, Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper,...
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