Seal from Mohenjo

Indus Civilization

c. 2000 BCE

Pakistan

Great Stupa of Sanchi

Early Buddhist

c. 300-100 BCE

Sanchi, India

Yakshi from east Torana, Great Stupa

Early Buddhist

c. 100 BCE

Sanchi, India

Life and Death of the Buddha, relief and frieze

Early Buddhist

c. 200 BCE

Gandhara, Pakistan

Seated Buddha from Saranath

Early Buddhist

c. 500 CE

Sarnath, India

Shiva as Nataraja

Hindu

c. 1000 CE

India

Vishvanatha Temple

Hindu

c. 1000 CE

Khajuraho, India

Wall Sculptures at Vishvanatha

Hindu

c. 1000 CE

Khajuraho, India

Army of the First Emperor of Qun Lintong

Early Chinese

c. 200 BCE

China

Gilded bronze statue of Shakyamuni Buddha

Early Buddhist Chinese

c. 400 CE

China

Vairocana Buddha, disciples, and bodhisattvas

Early Buddhist Chinese

c. 700 CE

Luoyang, China

Foguana Si Pagoda

Buddhist China

c. 1100 CE

Yingxian, China

Fan Kuan, Hanging scroll with Travelers among Moutains and Streams

Buddhist China

c. 1100 CE

China

Horyuji Kondo of Nara

Early Buddhist Japan

c. 700 CE

Nara, Japan

Yakushi Triad of Nara

Early Buddhist Japan

c. 800 CE

Nara, Japan

Model of Etruscan Temple

Etruscan

c. 600 BCE

Italy

Apulu (Apollo)

Etruscan

Veii, Italy

c. 500 BCE

Sarcophagus with reclining couple

Etruscan

c. 500 BCE

Italy

Tomb of the Leopards

Etruscan

c. 500 BCE

Tarquinia, Italy

Chimera of Arezzo

Etruscan

c. 400 BCE

Italty

Porta Mariza (Gate of Mars)

Etruscan

c. 200 BCE

Perugia, Italy

Aule Metele

c. 100 BCE

Italy

Head of an Old Man from Osimo

Roman Republic

c. 100 BCE

Rome, Italy

Temple of Portunus

Roman Republic

c. 100 BCE

Rome, Italy

Model of Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia

Roman Republic

c. 200 BCE

Palestrina, Italy

Forum at Pompeii

Roman Republic

c. 100 BCE

Pompeii, Italy

Villa of the Mysteries

Roman Republic

c. 100 BCE

Pompeii

Reconstructed Villa Bedroom and Tholos Detail

Roman Republic

Boscoreale, Italy

Gardenscape

Roman Empire

c. 100 BCE

Primaporta, Italy

Arch of Titus

Roman Empire

c. 100 CE

Rome, Italy

Pont Du Gard

Roman Empire

c. 100 CE

Nimes, France

Colosseum

Roman Empire

c. 100 CE

Rome, Italy

Forum of Trajan with Basillica Ulpia

Roman Empire

c. 200 CE

Rome, Italy

Markets of Trajan

Roman Empire

c. 200 CE

Rome, Italy

Pantheon

Roman Empire

c. 200 CE

Rome, Italy

Augustus as General

Roman Empire

late 100 CE

Primaporta, Italy

Ara Pacis Augustae

Roman Empire

late 100 BCE

Rome, Italy

Spoils of Jerusalem from Arch of Titus

Roman Empire

c. 100 CE

Rome, Italy

Portrait of a Flavian Woman

Roman Empire

c. 100 CE

Italy

Column of Trajan

Roman Empire

c. 200 CE

Rome, Italy

Equestrian Statue or Marcus Aurelius

Roman Empire

c. 200 CE

Italy

Painted Portrait of Septimis Severus and Family

Roman Empire

200 CE

Italy

Synagogue at Dura Europos

Late Antiquity

c. 300 CE

Dura Europos, Syria

Sarcophagus with Old and New Testament scenes

Late Antiquity

c. 300 CE

Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus

Late Antiquity

c. 400 CE

Rome, Italy

Interior of Santa Costanza

Late Antiguity

c. 400 CE

Rome, Italy

Mosaics of Santa Costanza

Late Antiquity

c. 400 CE

Rome, Italy

Old Saint Peter's

Late Antiquity

c. 400 CE

Rome, Italy

Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

Late Antiquity

c. 500 CE

Ravenna, Italy

Barberini Ivory

Byzantine

c. 600 CE

France

Interior View of San Vitale

Byzantine

c. 600 CE

Ravenna, Italy

Mosaic of Justinian, Bishop Maximanus

Byzantine

c. 600 CE

Ravenna, Italy

Mosaic of Theodora and Attendants

Byzantine

c. 600 CE

Ravenna, Italy

Exterior view, Haiga Sophia

Byzantine

c. 600 CE

Constantinople, Turkey

Interior View, Hagia Sophia

Byzantine

c. 600 CE

Constantinople, Turkey

Icon of the Virgin and the Child with Saints

Byzantine

c. 600 CE

Exterior of the Katholikon Church

Byzantine

1000 CE

Hosios Loukas, Greece

Interior of Katholikon

Byzantine

c. 1000 CE

Hosios Loukas, Greece

Koran Beginning of Surah 18

Islamic

c. 900 CE

Aerial View of the Dome of the Rock

Islamic

c. 600 CE

Jerusalem, Isreal

Interior of the Dome of the Rock

Islamic

c. 600 CE

Jerusalem, Israel

Great Mosque of Kairouan

Islamic

c. 800 CE

Kairouan, Tunisia

Great Mosque of Isfahan

Islamic

c. 1000 CE

Isfahan, Iran

Mihrab with Glazed Mosaic Tilework

Islamic

c. 1300 CE

Isfahan, Iran

Glass Mosque Lamp

Islamic

c. 1300 CE

Carpet from a Funerary Mosque at Ardabil

Islamic

c. 1500 CE

Ardabil, Iran