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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 of their ancestors...

The Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, July 1942 to February 1943) was an attempt by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) to control the USSR's access to the Caucasus oil fields. Fierce street-fighting by the Soviet Red Army saw the city withstand...

A panel from the east doors of Florence’s Baptistery of San Giovanni. Made from 1425 CE by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455 CE). Gilded bronze. This panel shows the story of Joseph and his brothers. The artist Michelangelo gave the doors the nickname...

Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) in the movie Luther (2003). © Eikon Film and NFP Teleart

Portrait of Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinque), leader of the Amistad Seizure of 1839, oil on canvas by Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1840. New Haven Museum, New Haven.

The Lady Chapel (upper level) of Glastonbury was built in 1184 CE. In c. 1500 CE, a crypt was also constructed under the Lady Chapel, which became known as St. Joseph’s Crypt (lower level).

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis De Lafayette, oil on canvas painting by Charles Wilson Peale, 1779-1780. Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia.

Portrait of Joseph Wanton Sr. (1705-1780) colonial governor of Rhode Island during the American Revolution. By an unknown artist, currently in Providence Rhode Island.

Portrait of Joseph Chalier, the Jacobin leader whose execution in Lyon, France led to the Revolt of Lyon during the Federalist Revolts (May-December 1793). Painting attributed to Jean-François Garneray, c. 1793. In the Musée Carnavalet.

An 1888 oil on canvas portrait, Joseph Roulin Sitting on a Chair, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in August in Arles, France. Roulin was the artist's local postman, and the two became good friends...