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In the Forest - Exhibition Interview Schweizerisches Landesmuseum
The forest is a habitat for people, animals, and plants, a provider of invaluable resources, and an ally in the fight against climate change. The greatest beneficiary of the forest is humanity – but it is also its greatest threat. Over the...
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Valkyries
The women known as Valkyries (Old Norse 'Valkyrja') feature in countless stories of the Norse gods and heroes. Dr. Jackson Crawford is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of both Old Norse and Modern Icelandic. He currently...
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A Gallery of Historical Maps
This gallery of 30 maps traces the history of cartography, with examples of maps made by cultures from the Paleolithic to the early modern period. The maps cover cities, states, continents, sometimes the entire world as it was known at the...
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Evolution of Armor Throughout The Ages
This collection explores the evolution of arms and armour around the world, from ancient times to the early modern period. Although it is by no means a complete list of the varied gear carried into warfare throughout history, it takes a look...
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Dogs & Other Pets Through the Ages
People have been keeping animals as pets since at least the beginning of recorded history and the relationship between humans and their non-human friends seems to have remained more or less the same through the centuries. Dogs, in particular...
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Roman Art
The Romans controlled such a vast empire for so long a period that a summary of the art produced in that time can only be a brief and selective one. Perhaps, though, the greatest points of distinction for Roman art are its very diversity...
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In the Forest Exhibition, Zürich
A photograph showing a section of the 2022 exhibition In the Forest - A Cultural History in the Swiss National Museum, Zürich.
©Swiss National Museum (used with permission)
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In the Forest - a Cultural History Exhibition, Zürich
A photograph showing a room of the 2022 exhibition In the Forest - A Cultural History in the Swiss National Museum, Zürich.
©Swiss National Museum (used with permission)
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Hunting Rabbits, Byzantine Mosaic
Hunting Rabbits: The dogs are attacking the rabbit on its neck and abdomen. The hunter is depicted having just released the dogs, Byzantine Mosaic, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th. century CE. Place: Constantinople, (Modern Istanbul...
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Leopards Hunting Deer, Byzantine Mosaic
Leopards hunting a deer, Byzantine Mosaic, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th century CE. Place: Constantinople, (Modern Istanbul, Turkey). Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul, Turkey. The Great Palace Mosaic Museum was inaugurated in...