Ancient Sketches

Drawings, sketches, paintings, and reconstructions of the ancient Biblical world.

Reconstructions & Sketches of the Ancient World

Illustrated Bible History A growing database of images and sketches of the ancient world.

Paintings and Sketches by Bjanikka Ben, Galina Nelson, Maliyah Weston and more

Ancient Customs

Ancient Patriarch's Clothing in the Time of Abraham

The Name Jesus in Ancient Hebrew Script

The Historical Jesus

The Watchtower in the Vineyard

Ancient Seals or Signets

Bronze Mirrors

Dining in Ancient Rome

Ancient Sun Dial

Ancient Lattice Windows

Ancient Cuneiform Writing

Ancient Harp from Ur

Jewish Captives Playing the Lyre

Ancient Beards and Styles

Ancient Wine Press

Ancient Altars

Tax Collector

Ancient Israelite House

First Century Israelite Houses

Wealthy Israelite House

Ancient Sheep Fold

Ancient Ox Carts

Ancient Women Traveling

Ancient Waterpot

Egyptian Procession Carrying an Ark

Jesus Reading Isaiah Scroll

Ancient Torah Scroll

Man Carrying Lamb

Man Threshing Wheat

Woman with Two Oxen and a Plough

Making Olive Oil

Ancient Banquet

Ancient Potter

Ancient Sandals

Farmer with Oxen and Cart

Farmer Ploughing

Ancient Merchant

Ancient Wells

Ancient Chairs

Ancient Clothing

Ancient Marketplace

Ancient Harbors

Publicans

The Cross Inscription

Unwashed Hands

Phylacteries

The Moneychangers

Anointing in the Bible

Ancient Symbols

The Egyptian Staff of Inheritance

Crown of Thorns

The Ancient Obelisk

The god Asshur of Ancient Assyria

Ancient Diadems

Ancient Crowns

Ancient Phylacteries

Ancient Fringes or Tassels

The Ark's Blue Cloth

Ancient Rulers

Shishak of Egypt Mentions Judah

Sennacherib King of Assyria

Tiberius Caesar

Assurnasirpal II of Assyria

Jewish Religious Leader

Roman Procurator

Tomb of Darius I Carved into Cliff

Head of Alexander the Great

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Nebuchadnezzar Cameo

Nebuchadnezzar Inscription

Ramesses I

Vespasian Coin

Augustus Wearing Civic Crown

Assurnasirpal II Offering Libation

Vespasian Statue

Ancient Hittite King

Cyrus the Great Relief

Sargon II and Commander

Ashurnasirpal Statue

Sargon and Sacred Tree

Colossal Statue of Rameses II at Abu-Simbel

Ancient Persian King

The Sanhedrin

The Pontius Pilate Inscription

The Merneptah Stele

Ancient Buildings, Walls, Towers and Gates

Phasael Tower

Herod's Theater

Hippicus Tower

Monument of King Alexander Jannaeus

The Pool of Bethesda

Tomb of David

Tomb of Absalom

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Pool of Siloam

Damascus Gate

Capernaum Synagogue

Ancient Tracks Between Walls

Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria

Colosseum Coin

Color Drawing of the Colosseum Coin

Ancient Persian Column Capital

Ancient Wall Stone Styles

First Century Jerusalem Synagogue Stone

Ancient Walled City

The Ancient Buildings at Persepolis

Ancient Synagogue

Acropolis at Athens

The Parthenon

The Wailing Wall

The Arch of Titus

The Temple of Solomon

The Temple of Herod

Ancient Palaces, Halls, Stairways, and Gateways

Palace of Darius the Great

Hasmonean Palace

Herod the Great's Fortified Palace

Palace of Minos at Knossos

Palace of Caiaphas

Gateway to Sargon's Palace

Nebuchadnezzar's Palace Gateway

Babylon Hall of Lions

Gateway of Xerxes

Hall of a Hundred Columns Relief Persepolis

Great Hall of Seti I

The Great Stairway at Persepolis

Balawat Gates

Palace of Tiglath Pileser at Nineveh

Bronze Gates of Balawat

The Propylaea of Athens

Gateway to Khorsabad

Columns From the Hall of Xerxes

Bull's Head Capital from Susa

Palace of Darius and Susa Ruins

Colonnades From the Hall of Xerxes

Ancient Music

Ancient Cymbals

Ancient Harp

Ancient Horns

Ancient Drums

Ancient Dulcimer or Bagpipe

Ancient Flutes or Pipes

Ancient Handbell

Ancient Harps

Ancient Lutes

Ancient Trumpets

Ancient Sistrum or Rattle

Ancient Tambourines

Ancient Triangle Instrument

Ancient Dancing

Ancient Music Playing

Ancient Cities and Nations

Plan of the Site of Nineveh

Sketch of Ancient Lachish

Sketch of Nebuchadnezzar's City of Babylon

Plan of Abdon Reconstruction. Khirbet Adben

Ancient Thessalonica

Ancient Italy

Ancient Mound

Ancient Walled City

Ancient Greece

Persepolis Ruins

Nineveh

Israel's Topography

Ancient Bethlehem

Jerusalem at the Time of Jesus

Coin of Ephesus

Ancient Joppa

Ancient Tyre

Ancient Athens

Ancient Caesarea

Ancient Cana

Ancient Gebal

Ancient Malta

Ancient Moab

Ancient Sidon

Ancient Antioch

Ancient Capernaum

Ancient Miletus

Ancient Siloam

Ancient Smyrna

Ancient Tarsus

Ancient Thyatira

Ancient Troas

Tyre and Sidon

Bethlehem Ephratah

Ancient Colossae

Ancient Damascus

Ancient Ephesus

The City of Babylon

Ancient Gaza

The City of David

Ancient Gods and Goddesses

Dagon the Fish-God of the Philistines

The god Asshur of Ancient Assyria

Apis the Sacred Bull of Egypt

Assyrian God Nisroch

Jupiter the Chief God of Rome

Juno the Roman Savior of Women

Mars the Roman God of War

Egyptian Goddess

Nebo, God of Babylon

Ancient Statue of Diana

Thank Offering to the Bird God

Persian King Killing a Monster

Marduk King of Babylon

Artemis in Her Temple

Altar to an Unknown God

Ancient Mummies, Sarcophagus, Tombs, and Ossuaries

Sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ai

First Century Jerusalem Ossuary

Ancient Phoenician Tomb

Rock Cut Tombs of Myra

Ancient Warfare

Assyrian Siege of Lachish Sketch

Assyrian King Trods the Neck of His Enemy

Prisoners Under an Egyptian Kings Footstool

Egyptians Counting Enemy Hands

Ancient Spearman

Assyrian Slinger

Placing the Foot on the Captive

Roman Centurion

The Greek Phalanx

The Greek Soldier

The Greek Spearman

Ancient Sling

Ancient Helmets

Ancient Standards

Ancient Roman Army Standards

Persian Archers at Palace of Darius I

Assyrian War Chariot

Ancient Hittite Chariot

Judaea Defeat and Roman Eagle Coin

Ancient Hittite Soldiers from Carchemish

Cyrus Taking Babylon

Ancient Encampment

Ancient War Chariot

Judea Capta Coins

Roman Legionary

Roman Gladiators and Colosseum

Flavian Amphitheatre

Roman Colosseum Chariot

Gladiator Helmet

Bronze Gladiator Statue

Commodus Bust as Hercules

Gladiators Battle Wild Beasts

Gladiators Fighting Bears and Lions

Ancient Punishment

Assyrian Death Penalty

Assyrians Blinding Their Prisoners

Israelites Forced to Labor

Assyrian Fetters

The Roman Scourge

Hooks in their Lips

Ancient Asians and Philistines Chained

Assyrian King Blinding his Captives

Binding Prisoners

Ancient Beheading

Crushing the Enemy

Cutting Idols in Pieces

Flaying Their Victims Alive

Chained Around the Neck

Captives Made Slaves of Egypt

Captive Being Skinned Alive

Ancient Torture

Seti I Crushing His Foes

Ancient Slavery of Women

Assyrian Brutality

Samson's Revenge

Ancient Ships and Harbors

Philistine Ships

Phoenician Ships

Pompeii Illustration Rolling Up a Sail

Paul's Ship to Malta

Greek Ship

Ancient Harbors

Merchant Ships

Ancient Assyria

Royal Assyrian Chariot

Assyrian Stone Altar

Winged Bull Size

King Hunting Lions

Sennacherib Leading His Army

Sennacherib On His Throne

Assyrian Winged Genius

Army of Sennacherib Attacking a City

Ancient Assyria Discovery

Discovery of the Gigantic Head

Royal Lion Hunt

Bavian Cliff Relief

Winged Bull Guardians

The Black Obelisk

The Assyrian Army

Ancient Peoples and Animals

Ancient Greeks

Bust of an Ancient Woman

A Donkey

Canaanite Sphinx from Megiddo

Traveler with Packed Camel

Ancient Peoples

Ancient Phoenician

The Antichrist

Jesus Triumphal Entry

Ancient Ziggurat's, Pyramids, and Temples

Reconstruction Sketch of the Ziggurat at Ur

Reconstruction Sketch of the Temple of Marduk, Babylon

Reconstruction of the Sumerian Oval Temple at Khafaje

Mayan Acropolis at Copan

Karnak - Temple of Amun

Luxor - Amun Cult Center near Karnak

Jerusalem Temple

Solomon's Temple Court

Solomon's Bronze Laver

Ancient Temple of Diana Coin

Pinnacle of the Temple

Greek Temple Ruins - Aphrodisias in Turkey

Second Temple Column Capital

The Pyramids of Giza

Herod's Temple

Solomon's Temple

The Temple of Diana

Ancient Seas, Rivers, Mountains, Hills, and Valleys

The Ancient Nile River

Jerusalem's Hills

Jerusalem's Valleys

Mount Moriah

Ancient Sea of Galilee

The Island of Patmos

The Valley of Jezreel

Gethsemane

Other Subjects

The Antichrist

Illustrated Bible History Dictionary

Ancient Aqueducts

Ancient Fig Trees

Ancient Fishermen

Ancient Flat Roofs

Ancient Men's Hair

Ancient Lamps

Ancient Men's Head Covering

Ancient Mezuzah in Doorway

Ancient Oil Vases

Ancient Olive Press

Ancient Olive Trees

Ancient Roads

Ancient Windows

Ancient Women's Head Covering

What Jesus Looked Like

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Ancient Sketches