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An allegorical illustration of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor's arrival in Elysium, the afterlife, copperplate engraving by Johann Hieronymus Löschenkohl, 1790. Vienna Museum.

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce and Family, c. 1880. Photograph by F. M. Sargent, c. 1880. Washington State History Museum. Description by the museum: This photograph is historically significant and has great human...

Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Jesus Christ, is one of the most venerated women from the ancient world. Her most common epithet is "the virgin Mary." She is celebrated by Eastern Orthodox Churches, Catholicism, and various...

The nativity of Jesus of Nazareth is told in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. In Christian theology, the existence of two nativity stories by two different writers provided a prooftext for the historicity of the event. However...

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833) was a French general who held significant commands in the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He won a major victory for the French Republic at the Battle...

The Twelve Tribes of Israel refer to the sons of the Jewish Patriarch Jacob and are important for the tribal lineages of those who constituted the nation of Israel. In the ancient world, all ethnic groups developed stories...

Thunder Echoes, The Epic Journey of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Tribe. This video chronicles the awe-inspiring story of Chief Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt...

A 1920 photograph of Joseph Stalin (1878-1953).

A portrait by Christian Ludwig Seehas of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), the Austrian composer of classical music. (Ludwigslust Palace, Germany)

English naturalist and botanist, Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). He sailed on Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia, returning to immediate fame in Britain. Banks...