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Marble statue of Eros stringing his bow. This statue is a 2nd-century CE Roman copy after a 4th-century BCE Greek original by Lysippos (Capitoline Museums, Rome).

A Chinese painting of a Mongol horseman with bow and arrow. Made in China, during the Song Dynasty (1644 - 1912 CE). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk. Painting: 68 x 44.5 cm. (26 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.) Mount: 237 x 63.5 cm. (93 5/16 x 25...

Siege scene depicting the Assyrian king Tiglath Pileser III armed with a bow. Next to him, an Assyrian warrior wears a classical pointed Assyrian helmet and holds a dagger. Alabaster wall relief, from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia...

The bow of the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought battleship, built in 1906 and used in the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch, Anglo-Saxon, 6th century CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The false bow section with an underwater observation chamber of the oceanographic research ship Calypso, used by Jacques-Yves Cousteau for various expeditions from 1951 until the mid-1990s.

Artist's impression of samurai before their shogun, inside a ceremonial building. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

The bow was the most common weapon in ancient Chinese warfare and the skill of using it was the most esteemed martial art for millennia. Archers were used as infantry, chariot riders, and cavalry over the centuries, and while the weapon's...

The play Philoctetes was written by one of the greatest of the Greek tragedy playwrights, Sophocles, in 409 BCE. Philoctetes is one of his surviving plays whose exact production date can be determined and is set in the final year of the Trojan...

White Plume is a hero tale of the Sioux nation featuring the supernatural trickster figure Unktomi (Iktomi) who serves as a catalyst for transformation, whether for good or ill. In this story, Unktomi is the villain whereas in others, such...