World History Archive May 2016 59-69

Terracotta cinerary urn, with a figure of a reclining woman, on the lid and a panel on the chest. Etruscan, 100-50 BC From Chiusi

The Portland Vase. Cameo glass, probably made in Rome about 15 BC - AD 25. The Portland Vase is one of the finest surviving pieces of Roman glass, and...

The Portland Vase. Cameo glass, probably made in Rome about 15 BC - AD 25. The Portland Vase is one of the finest surviving pieces of Roman glass, and...

The Portland Vase. Cameo glass, probably made in Rome about 15 BC - AD 25. The Portland Vase is one of the finest surviving pieces of Roman glass, and...

The Portland Vase. Cameo glass, probably made in Rome about 15 BC - AD 25. The Portland Vase is one of the finest surviving pieces of Roman glass, and...

The Portland Vase. Cameo glass, probably made in Rome about 15 BC - AD 25. The Portland Vase is one of the finest surviving pieces of Roman glass, and...

The Portland Vase. Cameo glass, probably made in Rome about 15 BC - AD 25. The Portland Vase is one of the finest surviving pieces of Roman glass, and...

Royal lion hunt; Assyrian, about 645-635 BC; From Nineveh, Iraq. North Palace. Room C, panels 20-22. king Ashurbanipal races through the arena in his...

Royal lion hunt; Assyrian, about 645-635 BC; From Nineveh, Iraq. North Palace. Room C, panels 20-22. king Ashurbanipal races through the arena in his...

Campaigning in southern Iraq, Assyrian, about 640-620 BC From Nineveh, South-West Palace. The enemy, Chaldean or Aramaean tribesmen, live in the marsh...

Deportation Assyrian, about 728 BC From Nimrud, Central Palace. one of a series of panels that showed Tiglath-pileser III campaigns in southern Iraq.

Deportation Assyrian, about 728 BC From Nimrud, Central Palace. one of a series of panels that showed Tiglath-pileser Ill's campaigns in southern Iraq...

Assyrian relief depicting prisoners, guarded by Assyrian soldier. There are pines, vines, figs and pomegranate trees in the landscape about 700-692 BC...

Sennacherib's bodyguard. Assyrian relief, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, South-West Palace, Room XII, panels 5-7

Assyrian relief, Warship (probably built and manned by Phoenicians employed by Sennacherib). It is a bireme, with two rows of oars. about 700-692 BC F...

Four medieval tiles with a prayer These tiles join together to form a prayer in Latin which translates as: 'Help me, O God of our salvation, and for t...

Four medieval tiles with a prayer These tiles join together to form a prayer in Latin which translates as: 'Help me, O God of our salvation, and for t...

Bronze statue of a young man In ancient Greece and Rome. Roman version of an earlier Greek statue. It is made of polished bronze. The eyes are silvere...

Bronze statue of a young man In ancient Greece and Rome. Roman version of an earlier Greek statue. It is made of polished bronze. The eyes are silvere...

Reverse side of a portable altar used to enable Mass to be celebrated in unconsecrated spaces. Purbeck marble was widely exported due to its resemblan...

Portable altar used to enable Mass to be celebrated in unconsecrated spaces. Purbeck marble was widely exported due to its resemblance to porphyry, an...

detail from a portable altar used to enable Mass to be celebrated in unconsecrated spaces. Purbeck marble was widely exported due to its resemblance t...

Thalia, the muse of Comedy. Roman, 2nd century AD

South Sea annuities share certificate London, 1784. The South Sea Company purchased British government debt in return for trading rights with Spain's...

The New Zealand Beekeeper (1940) .

The Bristol pound Bristol (UK), 2012. The Bristol pound is the first city-wide local currency.

Icon with four church feasts. About 1310-20 Probably Thessalonica, Greece Egg tempera, gilding, wood. Thessalonica, Greece; The most important artisti...

The Usurer London, 1766-74, mezzotint, after George van der Mijn. Money lender represented as a caricature of greed.

Counterfeit dollar bills, 2005-08. The US Treasury estimates that there are approximately 70 million counterfeit US dollar bills in circulation.

Traveller's cheque, for two pounds, issued in London by Coutts & Co, 1970s

Specimen 500 euro note Europe, 2002

British political protest badges from the 1980s. Anti-Poll Tax; Fare increases and VAT tax on books were all sources of such protest campaigns.

Wall painting from St Stephen's Chapelat the palace of Westminster, London, showing scenes from the Old Testament

Wall painting from St Stephen's Chapelat the palace of Westminster, London, showing scenes from the Old Testament

The Lewis chessmen (or Uig chessmen, named after the bay where they were found) are a group of 12th-century chess pieces, along with other gaming piec...

The Lewis chessmen (or Uig chessmen, named after the bay where they were found) are a group of 12th-century chess pieces, along with other gaming piec...

The Lewis chessmen (or Uig chessmen, named after the bay where they were found) are a group of 12th-century chess pieces, along with other gaming piec...

Hoard of 15th Century, Spanish, gold doubloons minted in Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Nueva Granada.

Medieval royal seal of Isabella of Hainault, queen of France (reigned 1180-90), Seen with a sceptre and a fleur-de-lis. When she was 11 years old she...

French medieval shield (may have been a gift or a prize in a tournament). Depicts a lady wearing a Flemish pointed headdress and a young knight kneeli...

French medieval shield (may have been a gift or a prize in a tournament). Depicts a lady wearing a Flemish pointed headdress and a young knight kneeli...

French medieval shield (may have been a gift or a prize in a tournament). Depicts a lady wearing a Flemish pointed headdress and a young knight kneeli...

15th century, Medieval, English guild seal of the Shearmen and Fullers of the Guild of the Nativity of our Lord of Coventry

Two 15th century, Medieval, English guild seals. The top seal is of the Fraternity of Tailors, Exeter. The one below, is for the Shearmen and Fullers...

basketball player Luol Deng appears on a Brixton Five pound banknote, London (UK), 2011. London's first and currently only local currency is the Brixt...

musician David Bowie, appears on a Brixton ten pound banknote, London (UK), 2011. London's first and currently only local currency is the Brixton poun...

The Stroud Ten pound note 2011. Issued as a banknote in Stroud, Gloucestershire (UK). The Stroud pound used a system known as demurrage, which meant n...

The Stroud Ten pound note 2011. Issued as a banknote in Stroud, Gloucestershire (UK). The Stroud pound used a system known as demurrage, which meant n...

The Stroud One pound note 2011. Issued as a banknote in Stroud, Gloucestershire (UK). The Stroud pound used a system known as demurrage, which meant n...

During the Warring States period (475-221 BC), the various states used different forms of spade money. The earliest money In China was shaped like too...