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Piraeus & The Long Walls
An illustration of the Long Walls fortifications which connected the city of Athens to its port of Piraeus from the 5th century BCE.
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Alamo Chapel and Long Barracks, 2011
The Alamo chapel and long barracks, photograph by Zetpe0202 (Zygmunt Put), 2011. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the Mexican War of Independence, and later...
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La Amistad off Long Island, New York, 1839
The sailing vessel La Amistad off Culloden Point, Long Island, New York, on 26 August 1839; on the left is the brig Washington of the US Navy - the ship that towed La Amistad to Connecticut. Watercolor by an unknown artist, 1840. New Haven...
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Long Glass & Alcohol Thermometer
A long glass and alcohol thermometer, 18th century, perhaps Italian. (Science Museum, London)
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Long Pepper
Dried long pepper catkins (Piper longum).
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Will West Long
Will West Long (also known as Will Westi, l. c. 1869-1947), Cherokee mask-maker, historian, and translator. He became famous for his work with Euro-American anthropologists and ethnographers translating Cherokee legends, lore, prayers, and...
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Oheka Castle, Huntington, Long Island, NY, USA
Oheka Castle, Huntington, Long Island, NY, USA. Now a luxury hotel, it was once the home of industrialist Otto Herman Khan (l. 1867-1934) and was built between 1914-1919. It has been featured in famous films such as Citizen Kane as well as...
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Battle of the Long Bridges
Battle During the Retreat of Germanicus (Kampf beim Rückzug des Germanicus), oil on canvas painting by Ferdinand Leeke, 1898. Berlin State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Photo by Andres Kilger. The painting presents the...
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Khotan Terracotta Woman with Long Hair
The oasis state of Khotan with its capital at Yotkan, south of Taklamakan desert, was a prosperous and powerful kingdom. Excavations have yielded many terracotta figures and ceramics of a Hellenistic style adopted from Iran. There are virtually...
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Ship Money - The Unpopular Tax
Ship Money was a tax applied by medieval monarchs to English coastal communities to pay for ships for the Royal Navy and so ward off pirates and enemies of the state. During the reign of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649), the tax was used...