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An 1873 oil on canvas portrait, Poppy Field near Argenteuil, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. The models are Monet's wife Camille and son Jean, who appear twice in the picture. This...

An 1884 oil on canvas painting, Weaver near an Open Window, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in July in Nuenen, the Netherlands. The artist made a series of studies...

The Doric Temple of Hera, near Metapontum, southern Italy. 6th century BCE. Originally with 6x12 columns and part of a wider sanctuary to Hera, the Palatine Tables.

Commemorative plaque of the first synod in the Désert at Montèzes near Monoblet, organized by Antoine Court in 1715.

Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre, aquatint on paper by Karl Bodmer, plate 11 from Volume 2 of Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, 1844.

This baked clay model depicts a man on a horseback. There is an inscribed stamp on the rider's arm. From railway tomb 1 near Carchemish, Southeastern Turkey. Neo-Hittite period, 8th century BCE. (The British...

The buffalo jump near Ulm, Montana. Formerly called Ulm Pishkun, now called First People's Buffalo Jump. The buffalo jump was used regularly by Plains Indians in hunting North American bison by chasing them toward...

This video is a slideshow of pictures of various artifacts and artworks that detail the visage of ancient Near Eastern women, most of which are royalty. Locations include: Mesopotamia (Sumer and Akkad), Arabia...

Lying at the crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean, the island of Cyprus has long been a meeting point for many of the world's great civilizations. Situated where Europe, Asia and Africa meet, its location shaped...

Did you know the English East India Company’s tea trade was fueled by the opium trade? The English East India Company (EIC) – also known as the British East India Company – was an immensely successful...