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Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (l. c.1715-1774) was a British military officer, diplomat, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He was instrumental in aligning the Native Americans of New York with the British during the French and Indian...

An aerial view of Iguazu Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Steep Falls, Saco River, Maine. One of the best-known "Indian Curses" is the curse of the Saco River in modern-day Maine. According to one version of the legend, a native chief named Squandro lost his infant son (and in some versions also...

This skull was excavated from the cairn of Clachaig Falls on Arran in 1900 CE. With this skull, the skeletons of 14 men, women, and children were also discovered. The skull belonged to a young adult male; he was probably a farmer. Neolithic...

Mondamin (also given as Mon-Daw-Min, The Gift of Corn, and The Origin of Corn) is a tale from the Ojibwe Nation on how the people received corn from the Great Spirit through the vision quest of the young man, Wunzh, and his acts of selflessness...

A face re-creation based on, the Bust of Cleopatra VII (l. c. 69-30 BCE, r. 51-30 BCE), that is a granite bust currently on display in the Gallery of Ancient Egypt at the Royal Ontario Museum. It is believed to have been discovered in Alexandria...

A bronze plaque upon which is engraved an edict from the second emepror of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE) in China. (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto)

This broken figure of glazed terracotta is one of many old sculptures made of fired clay found since the 1970s around the modern city of Djenné in Mali. It dates from perhaps the 1300-1600s CE. Artists modeled the figures free-handed. They...

A photorealistic reconstruction of what the Roman emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37 CE) may have looked like. Pictured alongside the reconstruction are the busts and statuary used as references. From left to right and top to bottom these are the...

This helmet, beaten from a single sheet of bronze, features hammered out (repoussé) ridges along the top. The Illyrian type is found in mainland Greece and former Yugoslavia, dating from the 6th to early 5th century BCE. It was reportedly...