Dinesh's photos with the keyword: Mckay, Hill Buckler

The artist has caught all the craftiness, intelligence and quickness of Alcibiades, who became romantic figure in antiquity. Besides the artistic merit of the portrait, the mosaic is interesting because Alcibiades’ name in the upper right corner is misspelled (Photo Caroline Buckler) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcibiades

The Hebrew agricultural year, like that of other peoples, was tied to the sun, seasons, and stars. The center of this mosaic floor looks the sun in its chariot, pulled by four horses. In the outer circle are the signs of zodiac, while the four seasons of the year peer at the viewer from the corners of the panel (Consulate General of Israel)

Alexander at the Battle of Issos. At the left, Alexander the Great, bareheaded and wearing a breastplate, charges King Darius, who standing in a chariot. The moment marks the turning point of the battle, as Darius turns to flee from the attack (Museo Nazionale, Naples/Alinart/Scala/Art Resource

Popularizing Science The frontispiece illustration of Fontennelle’s ‘Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds” invites the reader to share the pleasures of astronomy with an elegant lady and an entertaining teacher (University of Illinois)

Map of Nippur The Oldest map in the world, dating to ca 1500 B.C., shows the layout of the Mesopotamia city of Nippur,. Inscribed on the clay tablet, the map has enabled archaeologists to locate ruined buildings: (A) the ziggurat, (B) canal, (C) enclosure and gardens, (D) city gate, and (E) the Uuphrates River (From the photographic collections of the University Museum, The University of Pennsylvania)