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Civil War Cannon Fire
The Sealed Knot re-enactment group firing a cannon type typical of the artillery in the English Civil Wars (1642-51).
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Kitsunebi (Fox Fire)
Utagawa Hiroshige: New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji
No. 118 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 9th month of 1857.
Woodblock print
Brooklyn Museum
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The Princes Fire their Arrows
Illustration from the Russian folktale The Frog Princess, by Ivan Bilibin, 1899.
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Of Temples, Towers, Altars, and Fire Worship: The Ritual Landscape at Persepolis
Join Mark B. Garrison, Alice Pratt Brown Distinguished Professor of Art History, Trinity University, as he discusses the role of fire in Persian religions, including Zoroastrianism. Using glyphs and reliefs from Persepolis, he outlines the...
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He 111 Bomber over London
A Luftwaffe He 111 bomber flying over Wapping, London during the London Blitz. Photograph taken from another German aircraft on 7 September 1940. (Australian War Memorial)
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Anderson Shelter, London
A photograph of an Anderson air raid shelter during the London Blitz of 1940-1. Garden of Mrs Alice Prendergast, Belham, London. (Imperial War Museums)
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The Mithraeum in London
The Mithraeum in London was built on the site where the London Mithraeum Museum now is, on the banks of the Walbrook river around 240 CE, and was abandoned sometime during the fall of the Roman Empire (5th century CE)
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Children Being Evacuated from London
A photograph showing children being evacuated from the East End of London during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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London Mithraeum
The remains of the London Mithraeum, dramatically presented inside the modern Bloomberg Building in the city of London. The Temple, dedicated to the god Mithras, the Lord of Light, was built in the 3rd century CE by an unknown Roman citizen...
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London Stone
On Cannon Street in the City of London, you can watch the London Stone. The stone's origin is unknown, but its importance as a landmark throughout London’s long history is almost incomparable, especially when thinking about the simplicity...
