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Matej Hádek as Czech theologian and reformer Jan Hus (l. c. 1369-1415) being burned at stake for his critique of the medieval Church, in the movie titled Jan Hus (2015). Image by Czech Television. © Ä?eská televize - Yan Renelt, Pacholíkova...

This video was created in collaboration with the AHS Tobacco Reduction Program and the Indigenous Health Program. It outlines the differences between traditional tobacco use in Alberta’s Indigenous cultures and the misuse of commercial tobacco...

The agoge was the ancient Spartan education program, which trained male youths in the art of war. The word means "raising" in the sense of raising livestock from youth toward a specific purpose. The program was first instituted by the lawgiver...

Matej Hádek as Jan Hus (l. c. 1369-1415) in the movie Jan Hus (2015) by Czech Television. © Ä?eská televize - Yan Renelt, Pacholíkova 443/2, 143 00 Praha 4

A painting of the Graeco-Egyptian god Serapis, wearing his characteristic grain-counter (modius) on his head. Made in Roman Egypt, c. 100-200 CE. Tempera painting on wood panel. 39.1 × 19.1 cm (15 3/8 × 7 1/2 in). The panel is a part of the...

This exquisite gilded silver rhyton (wine drinking horn) terminates in the forepart of a naturalistically rendered stag. Incorporating stylistic elements of Achaemenid and Seleucid traditions, it was made in Parthia (northwestern Iran, ca...

This opulent collection of Ptolemaic jewellery from Egypt probably belonged to a wealthy woman and was made between 225–175 BCE. The various pieces were made out of gold and are inlaid with a variety of precious stones. The collection...

Thomas Cole, The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, 1829 CE, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Katie Dean in memory of Minnibel S. and James Wallace Dean and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution...

This 2nd Century CE tempera painting on wood panel depicts the Hellenized form of the Egyptian goddess Isis. In the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, Eastern deities and cultic practices became increasingly widespread and attracted devotees...

This 1st Century CE ivory token depicts an Egyptian-style obelisk and temple, probably located in the Alexandrian suburb of Nikopolis. The token was probably produced in Roman Egypt and is now part of the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum...