Images

Memorial of the 26 Martyrs of Japan in Nagasaki, who were executed for their Christian beliefs in 1597, after Japan had outlawed the religion. Canonised by the Catholic Church, the martyrs were tortured before their execution, with the event...

Francis Xavier, painting with Latin and Japanese writing by an unknown artist, 17th century. Kobe City Museum, Japan.

Luristan Bronze artefact from Iron Age II or III, c. 950-650 BCE. National Museum of Iran, Tehran. Acc. no. 3915, Photograph by Nima Fakourzadeh (Baloot Noghrei) In archaeology, the cast objects with bronze decorations obtained...

A map showing the layout of Fort Ticonderoga (known as Fort Carillon at the time) in 1758, around the time of the Battle of Carillon. Map restored by Matt Wade.

A print depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga, 10 May 1775. By John Steeple Davis, 1875. Originally published in The Aldine: the Art Journal of America. (New York: The Aldine Co., 1868-1879) New York Public...

Ethan Allen demands the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga 'in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress' on 10 May 1775. Print, c. 1869. New York Public Library, Emmet Collection of Manuscripts Etc. Relating to American History...

Engraving of Benedict Arnold by Henry Bryan Hall, after an original painting by John Trumbull; 1879. National Archives and Records Administration.

Northern Cheyenne chief Little Wolf (also known as Little Coyote, l. c. 1820-1904) at Fort Laramie, 1868. Photograph by Alexander Gardner.

Image of a modern-day Cheyenne Dog Soldier at a Native American Powwow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2008. The Dog Soldiers are one of the military societies of the Cheyenne nation.

The Pit, painting by Frederic Remington, 1897. It depicts the mass grave of the Northern Cheyenne at Fort Robinson following the Fort Robinson Breakout/Fort Robinson Massacre of January 1879.