"10,000-Year-Old Dabous Giraffes In Niger"
"A Bird Looking At Statue Of Griffin (Persepolis)"
"New Discovery In Saqqara, Giza, Egypt, As It Was Painted Yesterday"
"William The Egyptian Faience Hippopotamus. Middle Kingdom, C. 1961–1878 B.c"
"The Ancient Necropolis Of Powerful Persian Kings. Here You See Roman Emperor Philippus Arabs Kneeling In Front Of Persian King Shapur I, Begging For Peace, And The Standing Emperor Represents Valerian Who Was Taken Captive By The Persian Army In 260 Ad"
"The Ksar Draa In Timimoun, Algeria, Is An Ancient Ruin That Stands Out In The Middle Of An Ocean Of Dunes"
"The Western Staircase Leading To The Roof Of The Temple Of The Goddess Hathor, Egypt. 2300 Years Old"
"Egyptian Faience Beaded Fishnet Dress Dating From The Fourth Dynasty, C. 2550 Bce"
"Gold Scythian Pectoral, Or Neckpiece, From A Royal Kurgan In Tolstaya Mogila, Pokrov, Ukraine, Dated To The Second Half Of The 4th Century Bc"
"Memento Mori Mosaic Recovered From The Doomed City Of Pompeii, 30 Bc - 14 Ad. As The Wheel Of Fortune Turns, It Can Make The Rich Poor And The Poor Rich, With Death Never Far And Life Hanging By A Thread: When It Breaks, The Soul (The Butterfly) Flies Off. And Thus Are All Made Equal"
"It Is Quite Astounding To See The 600-Year Progression From Ancient Greek Sculptures! Ancient Sculptures Showing Evolution Of Greek Art From 600 Bc To 1st Ad, Not Typically Seen In History Textbooks"
"Bellarijia, Jendouba, Tunisia"
"Ceramic Water Pipes Found Near Epang Palace. China, Warring States, 5th-3rd Century Bc"
"Roman Mosaic Depicting The Trojan War Found In Syria Two Years Ago"
"A 1,550-Year-Old Byzantine Mosaic Found In Istanbul Depicts A Scene From Rural Life. It Is On Display At The Great Palace Mosaic Museum"
"The Craftsmanship Inside Of The 11th Century Sas-Bahu Temple In Nagda, Rajasthan, India"
"The Lion Man Statue Is The Oldest Known Carving In The World. It Was Carved From Mammoth Ivory And Is Believed To Be 40,000 Years Old . Found In Germany 1939"
"125 Ton Stone Perfectly Placed At Sacsayhuaman Peru — An Incredible Feat Of Megalithic Masonry"
"The Top Of An Egyptian Pyramid. One Of Only A Few That Have Survive To This Day. Created Around 1840 B.c"
"In The 1980s, The Breathtaking Tomb Of Queen Nefertari, The Great Royal Wife Of Pharaoh Ramesses II, Underwent A Remarkable Restoration LED By Italian Restorer Lorenza D’alessandro And Her Team"
"An Iraqi Sumerian Birth Certificate Over 4,000 Years Old"
"You Can Still See Traces Of The Vibrant Colors On The Alexander Sarcophagus From 330 Bce"
"A Massive 2700-Year-Old, 18-Ton Statue Of An Assyrian Deity That Was Excavated In Iraq In November 2023"
"The Great Temple Of Ramesses II, Ca. 1264 Bc, Abu Simbel, Lower Nubia"
"Ancient City If Petra, Jordan"
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#6 *ruins
#19 *few which have survived
#47 *One of the largest. It had roughly three-quarters of a million residents. Rome was closer to a million.
Great list, Iz. We'll take more of these.