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Glass kohl tube in the form of a palm
column, from Egypt 5
Gold lion, used as a fabric ornament and
found at Persepolis, Persia (modern-
day Iran) 7
Jade ornament of four discs carved from
a single jade pebble, from China 8
Toiletry implements from Roman Britain 10
Greek marble head, showing headdress
of snail-shell curls 11
Gold coin of the Roman emperor
Marcus Aurelius, set in a gold ring 12
Jade pectoral of the Olmec culture
(Mexico), showing large holes in
the earlobes, where earplugs would
be placed 13
View of rice fi elds in the Malagasy Republic
of southern Africa 17
Wooden model of a man plowing with
oxen, from Egypt 21
Cuneiform tablet recording barley rations
given to workers and their families at
the temple of the goddess Bau, from
Tello (ancient Girsu), southern Iraq 25
Ritual spear blade from Japan 31
Iron Age farming tools, from Stantonbury
Hill, Somerset, England 35Marble statue of the Greek goddess of
fertility, Demeter 37
Section of the facade of a Roman aisled,
barnlike building on a villa estate
in the parish of Meonstoke,
Hampshire, England 44
Facade of the Great Temple of Abu
Simbel, Egypt 59
Th e ruins of Persepolis (in modern-day
Iran), the seat of the Achaemenian
Empire of Darius I 63
Panoramic view of West Lake in Lin’an
(modern Hangzhou), China 66
Th e theater at Epidaurus, Greece 76
Engraving of the Roman Colosseum by
Antoine Lafréry 80
Petroglyph of animals and people at
Tassili, Algeria, in North Africa 90
Banquet scene, fragment of wall
painting from the tomb of Nebamun,
Th ebes, Egypt 95
Human-headed winged bull from the
palace of King Sargon II at the
Assyrian capital Dur-Sharrukin
(modern-day Khorsabad, Iraq) 99
Schist head of the fasting Buddha, from
Rawalpindi District, Gandhara,
Pakistan 101List of Illustrations
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