Alabaster Clepsydra of Karnak, earliest water clock, with 12 carved columns of 11 false holes, (each hour of the night). The water flowed through a very small hole in the center of the bottom, emerging on the outside under a figure of a baboon. 1391-1353 B.C. [768x696].
"Led by King Theseus, the Athenians confront the Amazons in battle" as the main theme of a ca. 450 B.C. Attic red-figure terracota volute-krater currently exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York [3068x3831]
The Palatine Chapel, Charlemagne's personal chapel at his palace at Aachen, constructed in the early 9th century with later renovations. Photo credit Sailko [1024x638]