#archaeologist

Horse Handle Lapis Lazuli Dagger khanjar, Persian, 19th Century CE.

The Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait

Roman road at Dion, 1st-2nd c. CE

Detail of a bronze statue of Standing Parvati. Chola period, c.1200 CE, Tamil Nadu, India

Massive Roman aqueduct built in Segovia, Spain by emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE).

View of the Temple of Hephaestus at the agora of Athens

The ancient theatre of Dodoni, Epirus, Greece.

The Caryatids, Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

An aerial photo of Luxor Temple, Egypt.

Ship with helmsman, rowers and warriors. Greek scarab from chalcedony. 525-500 BC. MET Museum.

Melian marble relief with Heracles, Deianira and the centaur Nessus. 460-450 BC. Arch. Museum of Piraeus, Greece.

Pompeii, the city that fell under lava with a sudden explosion. Italy

Quetzalcoatl (feathered serpent), detail from Teotihuacán, Mexico.

The Minoan palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece

The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus (4th century BC), Argolis, Greece

Temple of Athena Pronaia at the Oracle of Delphi

Temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel, Egypt ,1965-1968. Photographer: Kees Scherer.

Aerial photography of the ancient city of Babylon (1900-600 BC), now in modern Iraq.

A bronze Corithian helmet and a spear head (c.600 BC) displayed in the Archaeological Museum of Corinth, Greece.

Colossal statue of Constantine, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.

From left to right:

1) Bull on dolphin: Byzantion (Istanbul)

2) Owl: Athens

3) Turtle: Aigina (island in Aegean)

4) Snakes: Pergamon (W.Turkey)

5) Bull: Thourioi (South Italy)

6) Crab: Akragas (Sicily)

7) Eagle: Kroton (South Italy)

8) Ram: Melos (island in the Aegean)

9) Horse: Larissa (Thessaly-Greece)

10) Chimaira: Sikyon (Peloponnese-GR)

11) Bee: Ephesos (W.Turkey)

12) Pegasus: Corinth (Greece)

13) Dog: Segesta (Sicily)

14) Griffin: Abdera (Thrace-Greece)

15) Stag: Kaulonia (South Italy)

16) Lion: Hyele (Magna Grecia-Italy)