Art and antiquities (4912 Subjects)
View of Yerevan, Armenia. In the background, the Ottoman castle of the city (Erivan castle). In the middle ground, the ancient castle of Erebuni.
Composition of Egyptian monuments seen by the author during his tour of Egypt, possibly inspired from Giza necropolis.
Composition of Egyptian monuments seen by the author during his tour of Egypt, possibly inspired from Giza necropolis.
Composition of Egyptian monuments seen by the author during his tour of Egypt, possibly inspired from Giza necropolis.
Panoramic view of Athens from Areopagus. On the left, the temple of Hephaestus. On the right, the monument of Philopappus.
Sarcophagus from Asiatic Sarmatia (historical region west of the Caspian sea), used as a cistern, at the surroundings of Yeni Kale fortress in Crimea.
Coins of the kingdom of Cimmerian Bosporus (southern and eastern shores of the Sea of Azov), in the author's collection.
Coin of ancient Borysthenes or Pontic Olbia, a city in Sarmatia (historical region west of the Caspian Sea), near the mouth of Dnieper river.
Ancient Greek inscription from the city of Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
Ancient Greek inscription from the city of Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
Byzantine inscription from Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
Frontispiece. Scene from ancient vase: Orestes and Electra offer a Libation at the tomb of Agamemnon.
Figure from Athenian red-figure vase, holding trefoil shoot. According to tradition, the curling stem of a species of trefoil cpmmon in Greece gave inspiration to the volute seen in Ionic capitals.
