Egypt art Harkhebis sarcophagus 3rd Century B C Astronomer of the Ptolemaic period Metropolitan Museum of Art New York United States

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by animals, detail of a monkey, a horse, an antilope and a gryphon. Mosaic

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by animals, detail of an elephant. Mosaic

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by animals, detail of a monkey. Mosaic

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by animals, detail of birds on olive branches. Mosaic

St. Margaret of Antioch (Greek - St Marina) 3rd century virgin martyr, standing on Devil in form of dragon. 19th century French coloured woodcut

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). Labours of Hercules house, Hercules destroys the Stymphalian birds. Mosaic detail

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Dionysus and the Four Seasons, Dionysus and the Allegory of the Four Seasons, the Spring. Mosaic detail (3rd century A.D.)

Monk resting on 3rd enclosing wall of Angkor Wat (laterite and sandstone temple, built in the 12th century by Suryavaram II). Siem Reap. Cambodia

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by animals, detail of an eel. Mosaic

Henry of Lorraine, 3rd Duke de Guise (1550-88), one of the instigators of the Massacre of St Bartholemew August 23, 1572, ''History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church'' John Foxe (1563) from a mid-19th century edition Chromolithograph

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). Labours of Hercules house, Hercules fights the 9-headed Lernaean Hydra. Mosaic detail

Epicurus (341-271 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher. Founder of Epicurean school. Portrait bust. Roman copy of lost Greek original of 3rd or 2nd century BC

Great seated Buddha and dagoba at Mihintale, the site where Buddhism was introduced to the island in the 3rd century BC, Sri Lanka, Asia

The pyramids at Jebel Barkal, used by Napatan Kings during the 3rd century BC, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Emperor Asoka 273-236 B C built stupas in Buddha’s honour at many places in India Stupas at Sanchi are the most magnificent structures of ancient India

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903), British Conservative statesman. Prime Minister 1885, 1886, 1895-1902. 'Men of Mark', London, 1877.

Rock drawings of Thamudic origin, relating to ancient tribe of Thamud, 3rd century BC to 2nd century AD, in canyon of Jebel Khazali, south of Rum village, Wadi Rum, Jordan

Qasr al_Abd Fortress of the Servant, 3rd century BD Hellenistic palace west of Aman in Wadi as_Sir, Iraq al_Amir, Jordan, Middle East

Bulgaria - Kazanlak - 3rd century b.C. - Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Quadriga and slave. Fresco

One of the four carved stone toranas gateways, Stupa One, Buddhist shrine dating from 3rd century BC, Sanchi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). Labours of Hercules house, Hercules captures the Cretan Bull. Mosaic detail

Amphitheatre terraced seating from the 3rd century AD, at Roman archaeological site, Butrinti, World Heritage Site, Albania, Europe

France, Alpes Provence cote d'Azur, Provence, Bouches du Rhône, Saint Rémy de Provence, Glanum antique site (2th century before Jesus Christ to 3th century)

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). Labours of Hercules house, Hercules kills King Diomedes on a horse. Mosaic detail

Commagene Bridge, built by Septimus Severus in the 3rd century AD, over Cendere River, Nemrut Dag, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). Labours of Hercules house, Hercules kills the three-headed monster Geryon. Mosaic detail

The pyramids at Jebel Barkal, used by Napatan Kings during the 3rd century BC, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Roman archaeological site, amphitheatre stage dating from 2nd century AD, and terraced seating from 3rd century AD, Butrinti, Albania, Europe

The pyramids at Jebel Barkal, used by Napatan Kings during the 3rd century BC, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karima, Sudan, Africa

The pyramids at Jebel Barkal, used by Napatan Kings during the 3rd century BC, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karima, Sudan, Africa

One of the four carved stone toranas gateways, Stupa One, Buddhist shrine dating from 3rd century BC, Sanchi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

The Roman Baths of Diocletian dating from the 3rd century AD, and the columned main street dating from the 1st century AD, at the ancient Graeco_Roman city of Palmyra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Syria, Middle East

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). Labours of Hercules house, Hercules as a child strangles two snakes. Mosaic detail

Broch of Mousa, approx 13m high, dating from 1st century BC to 3rd century AD, Island of Mousa, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of the Cavalier, Dionysus finds the sleeping Ariadne, detail of Dionysus' head with an ivy crown. Mosaic

France - Paris - Luxembourg Palace, the aviary. Roman Art. 2nd-3rd century A.D. Flower garden with peacock, rabbit and duck. Mosaic from Carthage (late 2nd-early 3rd century A.D.)

The pyramids at Jebel Barkal, used by Napatan Kings during the 3rd century BC, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karima, Sudan, Africa

The pyramids at Jebel Barkal, used by Napatan Kings during the 3rd century BC, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). Labours of Hercules house, Hercules carries back to Eurystheus the Erymanthian Boar. Mosaic detail

Gaziantep museum: Medusa head on Roman Sarcophagus with garland (2nd - 3rd century AD), Zeugma. Gaziantep province, Anatolia, Turkey

Buddhist stupa and torana gateway of Stupa 1, known as the Great Stupa, built by the Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BC, at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Dionysus and the Four Seasons, Dionysus and the Allegory of the Four Seasons, head of Aeolus. Mosaic detail

Emperor Asoka 273-236 B C built stupas in Buddha’s honour at many places in India Stupas at Sanchi are the most magnificent structures of ancient India

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). Labours of Hercules house, Hercules reroutes the rivers Alpheus and Peneus to wash out the filth from the Augean stables. Mosaic detail