This slide presentation provides information regarding how geography affected cultural development during the development of early civilization. It describes city-states, early religious beliefs, social structure and technology of the...

See treasures from a Han dynasty tomb (206 BC to AD 24) exhibited at the Silicon Valley Art Museum. Delightful reproductions of ceramic and bronze vessels and figurines pepper the site. Informative notes discuss both the technology used...

The following cut will show specimens of ancient clasps. - Anthon, 1891

An image depicting the city of ancient Corinth.

The following, also, are specimens of other ancient necklances. The first, small golden lizards alternate with drops. The second one was found at St. Agatha, near Naples, in the sepulchre of a Greek lady. It has 71 pendants. The third,...

This resource presents a browsable a-to-z library of clip art of ancient Egyptian architectural elements, such as capitals, columns, temple designs, tombs, pyramids, obelisks, sphinxes, and pylons. Library also includes clip art of...

A browsable a-to-z library of clip art of ancient Greek architectural elements, such as caryatids, columns, temples, and floor plans, and of ancient Greek architectural sites, such as the Acropolis.

This image shows a group of ancient egyptian street musicians. (1) Woman with a tall light harp with fourteen strings. (2) Cithara. (3) Te-bouni, or banjo. (4) Double flute. (5) Shoulder Harp. (6) Singer, clapping hands.

Map of Ancient Italy with the neighboring countries subject to the Romans. This map shows the names of provinces in Latin, including Etruria, Latium, Campania, Umbria, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Calabria, Lucania, and Ager, with...

A map of ancient Italy subtitled "Places noted in the History of its Literature." This map shows the districts of Cisalpine Gaul, Umbria, and Etruria, the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily, major cities, rivers, seas, and mountain...

A plan of ancient Jerusalem around AD 100, showing the walls of the city and places of historic interest.

A map of ancient Italy showing the early provinces and principal cities.

An illustration of ancient Jerusalem.

An image depicting an ancient city of the Persian, Parthian, and Elamite empires of Iran.

Coin of the old Roman Empire.

A harp is a stringed instrument of triangular form. The sculptures and ruins of the Egyptians and Syrians give evidence that it was a favorite instrument among them.

The mosted noted of the orations of Isocrates is the Panathenaicus or Panegyric of Athens, a work on which he spent ten years, and in which he uses all the resources of his art to extol Athens and magnify the benefits she conferred o...

View of Athens.

Represents two forms of the bow; the upper, the Scythian or Parthian bow enstrung, agreeing with the form of that now used by the Tartars, the lower, the ordinary bow, like the one mentioned in the text. - Anthon, 1891

A musical instrument, in the shape of two half globes, which were held one in each hand of the performer, and played by being struck against each other. The cymbal was a very ancient instrument, being used in the worship of Cybele,...

This illustration shows harps, pipe, and flute, from an ancient tomb near the Pyramids.

Hatchets used by the ancient tribes of Australia.

Ancient Neolithic Flint Knife. -Taylor, 1904

An ancient tool used to comb hair.