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Ghost Dance
The Ghost Dance (Spirit Dance) is an expression of rebirth and renewal using the traditional Native American circle dance, first practiced by the Paiute Nation in 1869 and again in 1889 when it was adopted by other Plains Indians nations...
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Jesuit Influence on Post-medieval Chinese Astronomy
Ancient China had seen little Western contact before the 16th century CE, the language, culture and science all being allowed to develop independently of foreign influence. By the time European Jesuit missionaries arrived in the 16th century...
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Bismarck at Sea
A colourised version of a 1940 photograph of the German battleship Bismarck at sea. The ship was sunk in action in May 1941 in the Atlantic. (German Federal Archives)
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Speer, Milch, & Messerschmitt
A 1944 photograph of Albert Speer (1905-81), German Minister of Armaments, Erhard Milch (1892-72), responsible for German aircraft production, and Willy Messerschmitt (1898-78), the aircraft designer. (German Federal Archives).
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Adulation of Hitler, Bad Godesberg
A photograph taken in September 1938 showing the adulation of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) in Bad Godesberg, Germany. (German Federal Archives)
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Albert Speer, 1943
A 1943 photograph of Albert Speer (1905-81), German Minister of Armaments during the Second World War (1939-45). He is shown here inspecting the Atlantic defences. (German Federal Archives)
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Berlin Anti-aircraft Defences
A 1942 photograph of one of the anti-aircraft gun installations which protected Berlin during the Second World War. (German Federal Archives)
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Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Long Island
The Delaware Regiment of the Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War. Painting by Domenick D'Andrea, commissioned by the US National Guard Bureau, c. 2004.
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Dakota Scaffold Burial
Dakota Scaffold Burial, illustration from page 159 of A Further Contribution to the Study of Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, 1881.
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James Mooney, American Ethnographer
James Mooney (l. 1861-1921), American ethnographer who helped preserve the literature, language, and culture of the Cherokee nation. Plate 1 in The Swimmer Manuscript by James Mooney and Frans M. Olbrechts, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau...
