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Iktomi Sitting by the Fire
The supernatural entity/trickster-spirit Iktomi (Unktomi) depicted sitting in human form in front of a fire cooking ducks. Image taken from modern artist Gertrude Spaller's illustration of the story of Iktomi and the Ducks included in The...
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Musketeers Presenting Volley-Fire
Re-enactors of the Sealed Knot, an English Civil Wars (1642-51) group demonstrating the volley-fire tactics of musketeers.
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Musketeer Volley Fire
English Civil War (1642-51) re-enactors demonstrating musket volley fire. The Sealed Knot re-enactment group, Fernhurst Furnace, West Sussex, England.
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The Fire Ordeal of Siyavush
The Fire Ordeal of Siyavush, Folio from a Shahnameh (Persian Book of Kings) of Ferdowsi (935–1020 CE)
Iran, 1482 CE
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Under Fire at El Alamein
A photograph showing Allied troops under Axis fire during the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) in the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)
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House on Fire
House on fire.
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Fire at the Riverbank by Gauguin
An 1886 oil on canvas, Fire at the Riverbank, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. Painted in Brittany using the quickly applied brushstrokes typical of the impressionism technique. (Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza...
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The Central Fire
Central fire. Image by Pixabay on Pexels.com.
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Sejong the Great
King Sejong the Great (15 May 1397 to 8 April 1450 CE) ruled Korea from 1418 to 1450 CE as the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty (also spelled Choson). One of only two Korean kings called 'the Great' today, Sejong had a major impact on Korea...
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The White Tower, the Tower of London
The White Tower of the Tower of London castle, first built c. 1077-1110 CE by William the Conqueror.
