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Zheng Yi (also Cheng I, Ching Yih, Cheng Yao-I, Cheng Wen-Hsien, or Cheng Yud) was a Chinese pirate who lived from 1765 to 1807. Operating in the South China Sea, Zheng Yi famously led a 600-ship pirate confederation. This force of more than...

A c. 1834 oil on canvas painting, The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834, by J.M.W.Turner (1775-1851). (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides, oil on canvas by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1806. In ancient Greek mythology, the Garden of the Hesperides was situated on the slopes of Mount...

A print watercolour of Caernarfon Castle in Wales by J.M.W.Turner. Painted in 1833 CE. Size: 27.8 x 41.8 cm. (British Museum, London)

The Rosetta Stone is an incomplete grey and pink granodiorite stela dating from 196 BCE which presents a priestly decree concerning King Ptolemy V of Egypt. The text is in three different versions: Hieroglyphic, Demotic and Greek, a fact...

Impressionism was an art movement which began in Paris in the last quarter of the 19th century. The impressionists tried to capture the momentary effects of light on colours and forms, often painting outdoors. They frequently used bright...

Caernarfon Castle (aka Caernarvon) is located in North Wales and was first built from 1283 CE by Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307 CE) to help, along with several other major castles, control the newly conquered area. As the administrative...

Yankton Dakota Sioux writer and activist Zitkála-Šá (l. 1876-1938), photo by Joseph Turner Keiley in 1898. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

The Rollright Stones is the collective name for a group of enigmatic prehistoric monuments located next to an ancient ridgeway known as the Jurassic Way, on the border between the English counties of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. The name...

Illustration of the Battle of Barnet (1471 CE), a decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, by Graham Turner. Courtesy of Medieval Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.