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Lydian Relief: 5th Century BCE
This relief of a male holding a bird is from the 5th century BCE, found in modern day western Turkey near the ancient city of Thyatira. Thyatira was named such by Seleucos I Nicator around 290 BCE but prior to that it was an important city...
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18th-century Mughal Miniature Quran
A miniature Qur'an in vellum binding. Mughal Empire, 18th century. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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18th-Century Microscope
An early 18th-century microscope designed and made by John Marshall. It is a compound microscope, that is, it uses three lenses. Made of brass, wood, and other materials. (Science Museum, London)
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Mid-18th Century British Infantryman
An illustration of a mid-18th century British infantryman. 39th Regiment, 1742.
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Manticore at the Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, Herefordshire (12th century)
Kilpeck church stone carvings: Manticore. Dating to the 12th century and found at the Church of St Mary and St David in Herefordshire, England.
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19th-Century Coach Caught in Snow
A picture of a 19th-century coach caught in the snow. From a tin produced by Excelvit. (Private Collection)
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Hydria (4th century BCE)
The hydria, as its name indicates, was used almost exclusively for carrying water (Greek hydor), essential for everyday cleansing, ritual purifications and libations. 4th-century BCE. Made from bronze. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria)
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20th-Century Sepoy
An early-20th-century painting by Major A.C. Lovett of a sepoy in the British Indian Army. (From The Armies of India, 1911)
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Map of Japan in the 16th Century CE
A map of Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600 CE).
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Map of the First Three Crusades & the 12th-Century Outremer
These maps illustrate the trajectory of the early Crusades (1096–1192), a series of military campaigns launched by the medieval Latin Church with the declared goal of reclaiming the Holy Land—centered between the Mediterranean Sea and the...
