Monument
There are 119 items in Monument:
Arsameia, Unidentified Monument |
Arsameia, Unidentified Monument, back |
Athens, Monument of Lysicrates |
Augsburg, Victory Altar (detail) |
Baalbek, Temple of Jupiter, Small monument |
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…
A modern monument indicating the eight roads beginning in Bavay. The statue represents Brunhilda. |
Behistun, other monuments
Behistun or Bisotun: town in Iran, site of several ancient monuments, including a famous inscription by the Persian king Darius I the Great. …
Chaeronea, Lion monument |
Choga Zanbil, Inner Court, Statue base (or sun dial?) |
Coin of Caesar, showing a trophee set up after the Gallic War |
Coin, showing the surrender of Jugurtha (right) by Bocchus (left) to Sulla (seated) |