El suicidio de Séneca

El suicidio de Séneca, en la Crónica de Núremberg, publicada en 1493

Hollow clay cylinder inscribed in cuneiform

Hollow clay cylinder inscribed in cuneiform, describing Sin-iddinam's dredging of the Tigris on behalf of various deities. Translation of the text on request. Culture: Sumerian. Date/Period: c. 1850-1843 BC. Place of Origin: Sumeria, Ancient Iraq. Material Size: clay, l = 12.3 cms. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Sold at Christie's London (1998) . Location: 08.

Stone relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal

Stone relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal. The King hunting lions, detail. Culture: Assyrian. Date/Period: Late Assyrian 668 - 627 BC. Place of Origin: Nineveh, Assyria, Ancient Iraq. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London . Location: HR.

A reconstruction of the Ishtar gate

A reconstruction of the Ishtar gate which was decorated with polychrome glazed bricks and was built by Nebuchadnezzar II. Detail of a bull. Culture: Babylonian. Date/Period: c.570 BC. Place of Origin: Babylon, Ancient Iraq. Material Size: Polychrome glazed brick. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ State Museum, Berlin . Location: 09.

Uno de los grabados de la Danza macabra de Hans Holbein el Joven, 1538.

Uno de los grabados de la Danza macabra de Hans Holbein el Joven, 1538.

El triunfo de la muerte

El triunfo de la muerte

Pieter Brueghel el Viejo (1526/1530–1569) - Museo del Prado

Seal . Neo-Babylonian Period

Seal depicting a bare-headed priest before divine symbols of the goddess Ishtar (star) and the god Sin (moon crescent) set on altars. This is the commonest motif in the Neo-Babylonian cylinder and stamp seals. Mesopotamia. Culture: Neo-Babylonian Period: 1000-539 BC Material: Agate. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London

Zodiac of the Bull.

Wall painting from a temple depicting the Zodiac of the Bull. The bull is also a symbol of spring, as is the branch of a peach tree held by the central female figure. The peach, here held in a basket by a monkey, was considered a magic fruit that conferred immortality. Country of Origin: China. Culture: Chinese. Date/Period: late Ming/c.17th AD. Place of Origin: Shanxi/Hebei. Material Size: 0.90m x 1.12m. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Musees Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire Brussels, VER.110. Location: 12.

Humanoid bird mask

Humanoid bird mask. Country of Origin: Northwest Coast of America. Culture: Tsimshian or Tlingit (Klukwan). Date/Period: early 19th C. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Private Collection. Location: 32.

Frontlet worn by a chief attached to his headdress

Frontlet worn by a chief attached to his headdress. It represents a perching eagle. Country of Origin: Northwest Coast of America. Culture: Tsimshian. Perido/ Date: early 19th C. Material Size: wood, abalone shell. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Private Collection Location: 33.