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 Ancient sites & art

Alexander the Great mosaic, Pompeii, detail

Roman mosaic, 1st Cent. BCE, Aquleia, Italy

Allora Caves, Aurangabad, India, c. 600-1000 AD

Colosseum & Rome from above

'Thief Partridge,' House of the Labyrinth, Pompeii

Egyptian obelisk, Piazza della Minerva, Rome

Colosseum basement, Rome

A house in Herculaneum

Villa romana del casale, Sicily

Via Appia, Italy

Orpheus Mosaic, Littlecote Roman Villa, UK

Spotted horse of Pech Merle, France

Greek Mosaics, Zeugma, Turker, 2nd Century BC

Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus, Pompeii

Roman Baths in Bath, England

The Parthenon, Athens, from above

Via Appia, Roma

Scribes, Tomb of Akhethotep, Saqqara

Lascaux Cave, prehistoric, France

The Vasa, sunk 1648, Vasa Museum, Stockholm