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Buffalo and Eagle Wing & The American Indian Boarding School
Buffalo and Eagle Wing is a legend of the Plains Indians culture of North America, which is part origin myth and part cautionary tale on the importance of keeping one's promises. Although scholars agree on the general provenance of the tale...
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Louis IX and Capetian Politics at Paris' Sainte-Chapelle
The Sainte-Chapelle in Paris was originally consecrated as a private royal chapel in 1248 during the reign of King Louis IX of France (r. 1226-1270), who was known in life as rex christianissimus ('most Christian king') and canonized in death...
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Wing-wall, Caerphilly Castle
A portion of the wing-wall, Caerphilly Castle, Wales. 1268-1290 CE.
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What's Left of Big Foot's Band - Wounded Knee Massacre Survivors
Photo known as "What's Left of Big Foot's Band" by John C. H. Grabill, January 1891, showing the surviving members of the people of Lakota Sioux Chief Spotted Elk (also known as Big Foot, l. 1826-1890) after the Wounded Knee Massacre of 29...
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Roman Politics and Poetry: Cicero and Catullus
The Roman love poet Catullus wrote passionate poems about his tempestuous relationship with 'Lesbia', as well as obscene diatribes about high profile contemporaries like Julius Caesar. In this vodcast Dr Rhiannon Evans and Dr Sonya Wurster...
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Mummified Left Foot of a Child
The embalmers elaborately mummified this left foot of a child. The wrappings imitate protruding toes from a sandal. Roman Period, after 30 BCE. From Qurna, modern-day Egypt. (The British Museum, London).
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Coffin of Sitdjehuti, Left Side
Sitdjehuti was a sister and daughter of Egyptian pharaohs. This is the left side of the upper part of her coffin, which was made of gold-plated sycamore wood and stucco. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions. From Western Thebes, modern-day...
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Statue of a Sumerian Male from Khafajah [Left Side]
Limestone statue of a Sumerian male in a gesture of prayer. He wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment. The head/neck, right upper limb, and both feet are lost. Side view, left. From the Small Shrine at Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient...
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Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Left Side]
Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The eye sockets were filled in with white shell set in bitumen. She wears a Sumerian garment with a bare right shoulder. Her hair was carefully carved. Side view, left. From the...
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Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Left Side]
Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The head is lost. She wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment with a bare right shoulder. The feet stand on a semi-rectangular base with a back-pillar. Side view, left. From...