Detail of a mosaics from great palace of Constantinople.

Detail of a 6th c.CE mosaic floor that used to decorate the great palace of Constantinople.

Statue of Alexander the Great,Archeology Museum of Constantinople

Statue of Alexander the Great,2nd c.BC.Marble.From Magnesia,Asia http://Minor. Archeology Museum  of Constantinople

Mosaic from the Monastery of Hora, Constantinople

Mosaic from the Monastery of Hora.Constantinople,about 1350.The Emperor Isaakios Komnenos

Hagia Sophia,Constantinople

Hagia Sophia,Constantinople (wide angle photo)

Theotokos Virgin with the Christ child mosaic of Hagia Sophia

Theotokos,Virgin with the Christ child, apse mosaic of Hagia Sophia,9th century, Constantinople

Marble Jar of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople

Marble Jar brought from Pergamon to Hagia Sophia, Constantinople.Originally from the Hellenistic period

Quadriga statues, Venice

The famous bronze horses from the Hippodrome, now in St Mark’s Basilica, Venice. Quadriga statues, which were taken from the hippodrome in Constantinople by the fourth crusaders, 1204.

*A quadriga is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast (the Roman Empire's equivalent of Ancient Greek tethrippon). It was raced in the Ancient Olympic Games and other contests. It is represented in profile as the chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and in bas-relief. The quadriga was adopted in ancient Roman chariot racing. Quadrigas were emblems of triumph; Victory or Fame often are depicted as the triumphant woman driving it. In classical mythology, the quadriga is the chariot of the gods; Apollo was depicted driving his quadriga across the heavens, delivering daylight and dispersing the night.