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Roman emperor Trajan (96-117 CE), near Tower Hill, London

The well at the Mithraeum in London. The Mithraeum was built on the banks of the Walbrook river around 240 CE and was abandoned sometime during the fall of the Roman Empire (5th century CE).

The Tauroctony depicting Mithras slaying the bull. The relief was found at the Walbrook site and is now on display at the Museum of London. Dating from ca. 240 - ca. 4th century CE.

A photograph taken during the London Blitz of 1940-1 showing the inside of a community air raid shelter built under railway arches. (Imperial War Museums)

This is a map of Anglo-Saxon London between circa 500 CE and 1066 CE. The main purpose of this map is to highlight those place names which can still be recognized in modern London. As this map spans over 500 years, some of these places may...

A model of a torture rack in the Tower of London. The rack was used to extract confessions and information by stretching the limbs and eventually ripping the tendons and sinews of the person tied to it. A famous example of its use was on...

A 19th-century illustration showing the Parliamentarian general the Earl of Essex returning to London after the First Battle of Newbury during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). The battle in September 1643 was indecisive but it did prevent...

This map illustrates the campaign of William, Duke of Normandy, during his 1066 invasion of England—a decisive military and political effort that reshaped British history. William claimed the English crown had been promised to him by Edward...

A typical medieval toilet or garderobe. Tower of London. 11th century CE.

The White Tower of the Tower of London castle, first built c. 1077-1110 CE by William the Conqueror.