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<td > Pictures, Images & Photos of the Tiles of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon. Pictures & images of artefacts and art of ancient Babylon. The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Ancient Greek Sculptures. Pictures, images & photos of Greek Sculptures from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. What is known as Ancient Greece is today the Cyclades Islands, Greek mainland and the Aegean coast and its islands. It was common to use a small figure as a votive offering [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Minoan Frescoes & Art. Pictures of Minoan Art with images of Minoan frescoes from Knossos, Akrotiri & the Ankara Archaeological Museum. What the Minoans called themselves is unknown. The term “Minoan” was coined by Arthur Evans after the mythic “king” Minos. The Minoan Bronze Age began in Crete around [...]
Pictures of Perge Archaeological Site, Turkey. Pictures, images and photos of the archaeological site of Perge ( Perga ), Turkey. Perge dates back to the Bronze Age and during the Greek Hellenistic period was one of the richest and most beautiful cities of the ancient world. In the 1400′s B.C the Ancient World civilisations of [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of The Roman Sculpture of Aphrodisias Museum, Turkey. Pictures of Roman Art relief sculpture freezes from the Temples of Aphrodisias. The images of Roman Sculptures show Goddesses & Roman Emperors. Aphrodisias was a small city in Caria, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, Turkey, about 230 km (140 miles) [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Byzantine Roman Mosaics & Frescoes. Pictures of Byzantine art with images of Byzantine mosaics & frescos from Greece, Turkey, Sicily & Italy. Byzantine art is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire from about the 5th century until the Fall of [...]
Pictures, Images & Photos of Mycenaean Art, Pottery & Frescoes. The Mycenaean age were much influenced by that of the Minoan age. Fragments of wall paintings have been found in or around the palaces of Pylos, Mycenae, Tiryns. The largest complete wall painting depicting three female figures, was found in Mycenae. Various themes are represented: [...]
