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The Silchester Eagle

The Silchester Eagle was discovered in 1866 at the site of the abandoned Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum in Hampshire. It inspired Rosemary Sutcliffe's 1954 novel The Eagle of the Ninth, though it probably wasn't part of a legionary standard. You can see it at Reading Museum. Source.

Pandora's Box by Steele Savage

Steele Savage did the illustrations for Edith Hamilton's Mythology. He produced many book covers for science fiction paperback publishers in 1970, the last year of his life.

Sous le F: Argenton-sur-Creuse

Argenton-sur-Creuse, under the F in France on the map, grew out of the Roman town Argentomagus, which was built on a Gaulish oppidum near an important crossroad and river crossing, and looked like this painting by Jean-Claude Golvin. Source.

The Glauberg Prince

Archaeologists examine the sandstone effigy of a Celtic warrior discovered during the examination of a mound in Glauberg, Hesse in 1996. Source.

European Macaques of the Mist

Source. Dr Caitin Green writes about the Wroxeter macaque burial.

Hermes Trismegistus Album Cover

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Red Figure Leggings

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Alexander the Great as a Pharaoh

This granite statue is thought -- on the basis of its curly locks -- to represent Alexander the Great. He was ruler of Egypt from 332 to 323 BC, but he didn't spend much time there. The statue currently resides in the Liebieghaus in Frankfurt.

Gold Sandwich Glass

Early Islamic gold sandwich glass vessel. Gold sandwich glass is also the secret ingredient of Byzantine mosaics. Source.

Eumenes Manga

The manga Historie, by Hitoshi Iwaaki, set in the wars of Alexander the Great, and centering on Alexander's secretary, Eumenes, has been running in Afternoon magazine since 2003 and is up to volume 10 in tankōbon form. The artist is Hitoshi Iwaaki.