Bell: Did you mean...?

Photograph of Sintegaleska (Spotted Tail), Sichangu Lakota Chief, wearing a scarf, jacket, and blanket. Original image photographed by C.M. Bell, 1880-1889. Photoprint cropped; printed by D.F. Barry at later date. Denver Public Library.

Nashville, Tenn. Federal outer line, photograph by J. F. Coonley, 16 December 1864. Depicted here is the outer line of Union forces on the second day of the Battle of Nashville (15-16 December 1864), a decisive Federal victory in the American...

The American Civil War was fought by some of the most famous military strategists of all time, but not all of them had any business being in charge. Whether because of cowardice, foolishness, or drunkenness, these are the generals who failed...

View of Great Zimbabwe's 'Great Enclosure'. This is the largest collection of ruins in southern Africa. The Gokomere Empire flourished here from the 11th Century CE to its collapse in the early 15th century CE.

These two bells were found in northern Mesopotamia. Neo-Assyrian period, 911-609 BCE. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq)

An Inca rest station on the Inca Trail, Peru. Such stations were built at regular intervals along most major Inca highways.

Artificial Leg, photographic print, c. 1864. With more than 20,000 Union soldiers surviving surgical amputations in the last three years of the conflict, the scale and carnage of the American Civil War hastened advancements in the art and...

West Point and the Highlands, colour engraving by Samuel Valentine Hunt, 1869. Depicted here is a view from the heights of the west bank of the Hudson River, looking northward along the valley. The United States Military Academy, also commonly...

The Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922 as an empire; 1922-1924 as caliphate only), also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as Osmanlı Devleti, was a Turkic imperial state that was conceived by and named after Osman (l. 1258-1326...

The Pantheon (Latin: pantheum) is the best-preserved building from ancient Rome and was completed in c. 125 CE. Its magnificent concrete dome is a lasting testimony to the genius of Roman architects. As the building stands virtually intact...