MAPS AND CHARTS: WORLD
- Timeline of Human History (Centuries BC and AD, etc.)
- Map: Asia-Europe Interconnection
- Map: The Four Old-World River Valley Cultures
- Chart: Comparative Dating Systems: BC/AD - Olympiads - AUC
MAPS: MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT
Mesopotamia and the Near East:
- Color Map: The Ancient Near East
- Map: The Fertile Crescent (color)
- Map of the Anciet Near East
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- Animated Map: Sumer and Elam, 4th millennium B.C. (showing both ancient and modern coastlines) (color)
- Map: Sumerian Kinglist
- Map: Akkadian Empire of Sargon I of Akkad (Agade)
- Map: Babylonian Empire
- Map: Hittite Empire
- Map: Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Map: Persian Empire
- Chart: Afro-Asiatic Family of Languages
- Map: Afro-Asiatic and African Languages (geographical distribution)
Egypt and Nubia:
- Map: The Nile River Basin (sources of the Nile inundation)
- Map: Egypt (color)
- Map: Egypt from the Egyptian World View
- Map: Egyptian Empire (c. 1580-1070 B.C.) (color)
- Map: Ancient Nubia
WESTERN ASIA AND MESOPOTAMIA
- Photo: Aerial View of the City-mound of Jericho
- Photo: Aerial View of the City of Ur with Ziggurat and Temple Complex
- Photo: Relief of Sumerian Infantry
- Plan of the City Ur, ca. 2100 B.C.
- Street Plan of the City of Ur, ca. 2100 B.C.
- Drawing: Reconstruction of the ziggurat at Ur, combined views (by Sir Leonard Woolley)
- Photo: Stela of Hammurabi and the Code of Hammurabi (Old Babylonia), ca. 1750 B.C.
- Photo: Stela of Hammurabi, detail of relief: Shamash presents laws to Hammurabi
EGYPT
- Chart: Egyptian Cosmogony of Heliopolis.
- Photo: Nile River, Rising Inundation, Giza Plateau.
- Photo: Nile River Inundation, Giza Plateau, Full-flood Stage.
- Photo: Nile River Inundation, Dahshur, Village "Island".
- Photo: Desert Edge in the Nile Valley at Medum.
- Drawing: Narmer Palette, Hierakonpolis.
- Drawing: Section of Step Pyramid of King Djoser, Saqqara, Dynasty 3: detailing five
phases in building program leading from mastaba to step pyramid
- Drawing: Rudimentary Reconstruction of Giza Plateau
- Plan: Giza Plateau
- Photo: Giza Plateau Three Pyramids
- Photo: Panorama of Giza Plateau from South (incl. quarry of Khafre)
- Photo: Pyramid of King Khufu (Cheops) at Giza (photo by Francis Frith)
- Composite Photo: Statuette of King Khufu, various views), 3" talll, Cairo Museum
- Photo: Statue of Hemiunu, Vizier and Chief Architect of King Khufu, Boston Museum
- Photo: Khafre Pyramid by Night (in quarry)
- Photo: Khafre Pyramid situated in quarry
- Photo: Khafre Pyramid Mortuary Temple (and quarry left))
- Photo: Pyramid of Khufu Burial Chamber and Coffin
- Drawing: Reconstruction of pyramid and pyramid temple of King Sahure, Abu Sir, Dynasty 5
- Photo: Statue of Queen Hatshepsut
- Photo: Statue of King Thutmose III
- Photos: Statues of King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti
- Chart: Who were the Sea People?.
- Plan of Ancient Alexandria
- Plan of Modern Alexandria: City-center superimposed on ancient city-plan
- Reconstructions of the Pharos Lighthouse of Ancient Alexandria
- Photo: Alexandria, Fort of Qait Bey on the Location of the Pharos
- Photo: Pharos of Taposiris Magna
- Photo: Alexandria, Roman Amphitheater
- Photo: Alexandria, Roman Architectural Remains
- Modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
MAPS: GREECE
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- Map: Minoan Crete
- Map: Minoan World and Aegean Sea
- Map: Island of Thera (modern)
- Map: Mycenaean Civilization
- Map: Ancient Greece
- Map: Troy and the Troiad, Asia Minor (modern)
- Map: Troy and the Troiad, 1300 BC
- Animated Map: The Voyages of Odysseus in The Odyssey
- Map: Mycenaean Exodus from Greece
- Map: Route of the Sea People in Asia
- Map: Magna Graecea: Ancient Greece and Her Colonies
- Map: Ancient Greece in the Roman Era
- Map: The Persian Wars
- Map: The Peloponnesian War
- Map: Empire of Alexander the Great
- Map: The Hellenistic World
MINOANS AND MYCENAEANS
- Plan: Minoan Palace at Knossos ("Labrynthos"), Crete
- Reconstruction: Minoan Palace Courtyard at Knossos, Crete
- Photo: Section of Minoan Palace at Knossos, Crete, exterior
- Photo: Minoan Palace at Knossos, Crete, interior--ceiling reconstructed
- Photo: Minoan Palace at Knossos, Crete, reconstructed wall section with columns
- Photo: Minoan Palace at Knossos, Crete, Egyptian-style storerooms (partially reconstructed)
- Photo: Minoan Palace at Knossos, Crete, Bull's Horns Insignia
- Photo: Wall Painting of Youths Vaulting Over Bull, Palace of Knossos, Crete (partially restored)
- Photo: Knossos, Crete, Bull's Head Rhyton (drinking cup)
- Photo: Minoan Caves (cultic and tombs) Matala (near Phaistos)
- Photo: Statuette of Minoan Earth Goddess, Crete
- Photo: Minoan Monumental Double-axe (Labrys)
- Photo: Minoan Double-axe amulets (Labrys) Knossos
- Drawing (reconstructed): Phaestos Disk, Front and Back, Crete
- Photo: Samples of Texts in Linear A, Crete
- Photo: Pasiphae Nursing Her Son, the Minotaur
- Photo: Theseus slaying the Minotaur of Crete (images)
- Aerial Photo: Island of Thera (Santorini)
- Satellite Photo-Map: Thera (Santorini)
- Photo: Thera and the Island of Nea-kameni
- Photo: Wall Painting of Thera before Eruption, Procession of Minoan Ships, Akrotiri
- Photo: Wall Painting from Akrotiri, Thera: Soldiers and Sea Battle
- Greek Literary Sources for the Trojan War
- Photo: Aerial View of Mycenae
- Drawing: Reconstruction of Mycenae
- Photo: Mycenae, the Lion Gate
- Photo: Mycenae, entrance to a tholos-tomb
- Photo: Mycenaen Heavy Infantry - Armor
- Photo: Linear B Syllabary, Fitzwilliam Tablet (Knossos). Bill of Sale for Coriander.
- Drawing Elevation: Stratified Levels of Troy (Hisarlik)
- Drawing Egyptian Wall Relief (Medinet Habu): Naval Battle against the Sea People
- Drawing Egyptian Wall Relief (Medinet Habu): Detail of Pelest (Philistines) and Ship
- Chart: Who were the Sea People?.
GREECE
- Photo: Kouros Statue, Greek Archaic Period (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Photo: Greek Kouros Statue and Egyptian Statue of King Thutmose III (comparison)
- Photo: City of Athens with Acropolis
- Photo: Ruins of the Parthenon (temple of Athena the Virgin) on the Acropolis, Athens
- Drawing: Greek Infantry Phalanx with Hoplite Warriors
- Photo: Ancient Statue of Greek Hoplite Warrior
- Photo: Bronze Hoplite Helmet (Royal Ontario Museum)
- Photo: Greek Crater, Painting of Hoplite Warrior
- Photo: Thermopylae, View to north
- Photo: Thermopylae, View to North, Battle Plain
- Photo: Thermopylae, Pass Through Mountains
- Photo: Thermopylae, Hill of Death
- Photo: Thermopylae, Modern Commemorative Statue
- Photo: Sparta, Modern Statue of King Leonidas
MAPS: ROME AND BYZANTIUM
- Relief Map: Mediterranean Basin
- Map: Etruscan Civilization, 750-500 B.C.
- Map: Roman Italy
- Map: Rome (7 Hills), 7th Century B.C.
- Map: Rome (7 Hills), 1st Century A.D.
- Map: The Second Punic War
- Map: Roman Empire, 1st-2nd Centuries A.D.
- Map: Roman Empire, 4th Century A.D.
- Map: Division of the Roman Empire, A.D. 394
- Map: Byzantine Roman Empire of Justinian, 6th Century A.D.
ROME
- Photo: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus
- Chart: Roman Republic, Branches of Government
- Photo:
The Capitoline She-Wolf (traditional symbol of Rome): Statue of
Romulus and Remus Suckling from She-wolf (5th century B.C.)
- Photo: Forum of Rome (Ruins)
- Drawing: Colosseum of Rome, reconstruction
- Photo: Colosseum of Rome, Interior
- Photo: Roman Concrete Walls
- Photo: The Pantheon in Rome
- Photo: Interior of the Great Dome of the Pantheon
- Photo: Roman Triumphal Arch, Timgad (Thamugadi), Province of Numidia, North Africa
- Photo: Roman Aqueduct, France (Gaul)
- Photo: Hadrian's Wall (Ruins), Yorkshire, England
- Photo: Amphitheater of Pompeii, Interior & Exterior
- Photo: Temple of Fortuna in Nimes (France)
- Aerial Photo: Modern Actium, Location of the Battle of Actium
- Diagram: Typical Roman Army Legion
- Diagram: Detail of Roman Army Legion (Centuries, Maniples and Cohorts)
- Drawing: Roman Aquilae (Legionary Standards)
- Drawing: Roman Aquilae, SPQR, Vexiloid
- Photo: Statue of Roman Citizen Carrying Busts of Ancestors
- Drawing: The Roman Fasces
- Drawing: Lictor carrying the Fasces
- Photo: Baton of Imperium (replica)
- Photo: Bust of Gaius Julius Caesar
- Photo: Bust of Gaius Octavius (Octavian), Grand-nephew and Heir of Julius Caesar
- Photo: Statue of Emperor Caesar August (formerly Octavian) as Pontifex Maximus
- Photo: Bust of Tiberius, Successor of Caesar Augustus
- Photo: Busts of Caligula (Gaius Caesar), Successor of Tiberius
- Photo: Bust of Claudius, Successor of Caligula
- Photo: Bust of Nero, Successor of Claudius
- Photo: Bust of Emperor Diocletian
- Photo: Statue of Emperor Constantine
LATE ANTIQUITY/EARLY MIDDLE AGES
- Photo: Aerial View, Istanbul
- Photo: The Walls of Constantinople (Byzantium)
- Photo: The Walls of Constantinople: Gate of St. Romanus
- Photo: Hagia Sophia ("Church of the Holy Wsdom"), Mosque & Museum
- Photo: Hagia Sophia Mural: Justinian and Constantine
JUDAISM AND ISLAM
- Aerial Photo: Jerusalem, Temple Mount (from south)
- Map: The Spread of Islam, AD 622-750
- Photo: Persian Miniature: Prophet receives revelation from Angel Jabril (Gabriel), A.D. 1315 = A.H. 693
- Photo: Jebel el-Nur: Hira, cave of revelation
MIDDLE AGES AND CRUSADES
- Map: Crusaders' Routes to the Holy Land
- Map: Crusades, A.D. 1190
- Map: Plantagenet Lands: England, France and Ireland (Henry II, A.D. 1154-1189)
- Photo: Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulcher (1885)
- Nazi Belt Buckle, German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht), World War II
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