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Knights Hospitaller
An illustration by Ralph Hammann showing members of the medieval military order the Knights Hospitaller. Soultz commandery, France.
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Eyes on the East: Chronicles of the Indian Ocean Spice Trade
As the 15th century ended, Europeans were still mostly in the dark about the Eastern world. Early travelers like Marco Polo had given the West tidbits of information, but these accounts were too highly colored and fragmentary to provide a...
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Shanidar 1 at the Iraq Museum
The skeletal remains of a Neanderthal corpse, which was found inside the Paleolithic cave of Shanidar, Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. If you zoom in the image on the right clavicular bone, someone wrote, using a blue pen, "Shanidar I"...
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Battle of Alexandria, 1801 CE
An illustration of the Battle of Alexandria that took place on the twenty-first of March, 1801 CE by the English painter Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812 CE), which was between the French army under General Jacques-François Menou (1750-1810...
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Mughal Princess Reclining on a Terrace with Attendants
A princess reclining on a terrace with attendants, gum tempera and gold on paper, Mughal Empire, India, c. 1730-1740. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest...
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Shanidar Cave, Kurdistan, Iraq
The cave of Shanidar lies in the Bradost mountain, part of Zagros Mountain range in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. The site is located within in the valley of the Great Zab river. It was excavated from 1957–1961 CE by Ralph Solecki and his team...
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The Vicars' Close - Wells
The Vicars' Close in Wells, Somerset was built in the 14th century CE on the orders of Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury and was meant to provide communal accommodation for the Vicars Choral.
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Depiction of Hildegard of Bingen in the St. Foy Church
A depiction of the Catholic Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1178 CE) holding a model of the church. The stained glass window was created by the Ott Brothers in 1892 CE for the St. Foy Church in Sélestat, France. The window can still...
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Cosmetic Box of Kemeni
Cosmetic box of the Cupbearer Kemeni Middle Kingdom of Egypt, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat IV, ca. 1814–1805 BCE. Cedar, with ebony and ivory veneer and silver mounting. Metropolitan Vanities: The History of the Dressing Table Exhibition...
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Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE) was a Spanish princess who famously became the Queen of England and the first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). When the marriage did not produce a male heir, Henry VIII became desperate to...