Miscellaneous
There are 167 items in Miscellaneous:
Babylon, Hanging Gardens
Hanging Gardens of Babylon: one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. There is no evidence that it existed.Babylon was the cultural capital of the ancient Near East. Many monuments have become famous, like the Ištar Gate, now in…Babylon, obelisk
Obelisk of Babylon: in some lists, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It did not exist.In the first century BCE, Diodorus of Sicily, probably quoting Ctesias of Cnidus, tells the following legend about queen Semiramis of Assyria: She…
Central-Asian statuette of a camel |
Bahrain, National Museum
Archaeological collection, documenting the prehistory and history of the Persian Gulf There are 1 items in Bahrain, National Museum: …
A modern monument indicating the eight roads beginning in Bavay. The statue represents Brunhilda. |
Beatus Rhenanus |
Berytus nutrix legum |
Bodrum, Representation of Saint Nicholas |
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
Fifth-largest museum of the United States, various collections. The Nubian collection is the largest outside Sudan. There are 12 items in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts: …Cornelis de Bruijn
Cornelis de Bruijn (c.1652-1727) was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Persepolis, the first reliable pictures of these palaces to be accessible for western scholars. His other visits included the…Bruijn (10)
Persepolis Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller On 8 November 1704, Cornelis de Bruijn and VOCnote[Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, the United East-Indian…Cornelis de Bruijn
The East Indies Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller On 25 October 1705, Cornelis de Bruijn, having regained his health, boarded…