Ancient Civilisation Collection

Antique map of the Roman Empire, with a detail on Rome

Antique map of Britain under the Anglo Saxons

Map of Assyria illustrating the biblical Patriarchal Age
Vintage engraving of a Map of Assyria illustrating the biblical Patriarchal Age

Catal Huyuk, ancient settlement in Anatolia, Turkey, from c. 6500 BC

Antique map of Ancient Greece

Roman Temple
A Roman temple, circa 100 BC. A lithograph by Charpentier for Firmin Didot. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Illustration of ancient Egyptian god Horus holding key of life (ankh)

Interior of The Treasury, Petra, Jordan
The site is open from 6am to 6pm during the summer and from 6am to 4 pm in winter

Colossus Of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of the sun god Helios measuring 34 metres, towers over the islands harbour, circa 250 BC

Forum
circa 1930: The Temples of Castor and Pollux in the foreground of the Forum in central Rome. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

The Hulton Archives
Fine Art Storehouse The Hulton Archives

Illustration of court for ritual ball game, Copan, Honduras 20110509

Parthenon Columns
circa 1955: The columns of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, with the Bay of Piraeus in the background. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Etruscan Mask
circa 1950: An Etruscan ceramic death mask, made in the seventh century BC. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Greek mythology, Europa a Phoenician princess
Vintage engraving of Europa, the only daughter of king Aginor, the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman of Greek demi-god origin, after whom the continent Europe was named

Ancient Egyptian Hyksos Statues from Tanis
Vintage engraving of Ancient Egyptian Hyksos Statues from Tanis

Illustration of using reed pen to write Sumerian cuneiform script on clay tablet

China, Beijing, the Forbidden City, elevated view
Geographical Locations, Asia, China, Beijing, Forbidden City, Architecture, Buildings, Chinese, Courtyards, Dictatorships, Emperors, Empires, Far East, Oriental, Worshipping, White Background

Greece, Athens, the Acropolis or Parthenon
Geographical Locations, Europe, Greece, Athens, Ancient Sites, The Acropolis, The Parthenon, Architecture, Athena Parthenos, Buildings, Capitals Cities, Gods, Heritage, Monuments, Mythology

Three Inuit hunters by 6000 BC igloo
Adult, Ancient Civilisation, Colour Image, Death, Horizontal Image, Hunter, Igloo, Illustration And Painting, Inuit, Men, One Animal, Seal, Single Object, Snow, Survival, Three People

Doric Temple
1968: A Doric temple at Segesta, Sicily. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Caryatids
1948: Statues of maidens, or Caryatids, stand as columns on the south side of the Erechtheum, at the Acropolis, the citadel of ancient Athens

Ancient Brewer
A limestone statuette of an Egyptian servant pressing out the fermented barley-bread from which beer was brewed, circa 1930

Tutankhamen Treasures
circa 1930: A group of men preparing to take away the treasures found in Tutankhamens tomb. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Pyramid Mound
circa 1930: The Great Pyramid Mound at Ur, known as the Ziggurut, which had great flights of steps. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Saint Stephens Gate
circa 1930: A donkey passes through the gate in the wall at Bab-El-Setti, St Stephens Gate, Jerusalem. (Photo by Chalil Raad/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Apollonia Ruins
1952: These pillars and columns are all that remain of the ancient Greek city of Apollonia on the coast of Cyrenaica, North Africa. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Great Pyramid
circa 1930: The granite lined Kings Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Egyptian pharaoh Cheops, at Giza, near Cairo, containing an empty and broken granite sarcophagus on which there is no inscription

Roman Emperor
30 BC, Head of Roman Emperor and military leader Caesar Augustus, (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus 63 BC - 14 AD). (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Avebury Stones
1956: Cows grazing near a defensive dyke in front of an ancient circle of megalithic sarsen stones at Avebury, Wiltshire. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Challpas
1955: Incan burial towers, or chullpas, near Lake Titicaca, Peru. (Photo by Ursula Bernath/Three Lions/Getty Images)

King Carving
circa 1955: A rock carving, showing King Artaxerxes IV standing on the head of one of his vanquished enemies, near Kermanshaw, western Iran. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Entrance To Tomb
circa 1950: A man at the entrance to the tombs of Sakkara, the necropolis of ancient Memphis. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Inca Monuments
circa 1955: A group of monoliths in Bolivia from the Inca period. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Machu Picchu Site
circa 1955: A view over the site of Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca fortress high in the Andes. Archaeologists have recently restored it to almost its original state

Temple Ruins
circa 1947: Pillars in the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter. In the background the Acropolis, Athens. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Cliff Dwellings
circa 1955: Cliff dwellings hewn out of the rocky outcrop they stand on and inhabited by Hopi tribespeople. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Megalith
circa 1950: A megalithic tomb, or Dolmen, near Posekjaer in Denmark. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Inside The Parthenon
circa 1947: Inside the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Parthenon Pillar
circa 1947: A ruined pillar in the Parthenon, Athens. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Floodlit Parthenon
circa 1947: Parthenon in Athens floodlit at nighttime. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Ancient Urn
circa 1947: A large, ancient urn near the Acropolis, Athens. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Ruins At Delphi
circa 1947: Columns and temple of Delphi theatre, seat of Pythian games in ancient Greece. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Sphinx At Giza
circa 1950: The face of the Sphinx at Giza (El Gizeh), Egypt. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Obelisk
circa 1930: The obelisk at Heliopolis. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Erechtheum
18th August 1966: The Erectheum (begun in 421 BC) on the Acropolis in Athens. (Photo by Goodman/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Arch Of Hadrian, Jerash, Jordan
In the second half of the first century AD, the city of Jerash achieved great prosperity. In AD 106, the Emperor Trajan constructed roads throughout the provinces and more trade came to Jerash

Classical Mythology, Zephyrus and Aurora
Vintage engraving of a scene from Classical Mythology, Zephyrus and Aurora

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