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The lapidation of Saint Stephen, oil on wood by Rembrandt, 1625. Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

An example of a 17th-century flintlock firearm mechanism. A piece of flint was held in the vice which the trigger pulled down to strike a metal bar which created a spark to ignite the priming powder which then set...

Queen Fredegund rides into battle with her son, the boy king Chlothar II (r. 584-629) on her lap. Illustration from the manuscript Grand Chronicles of France. Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon...

Terracotta medallion depicting a charioteer in his quadriga, holding the victor's crown and palm branch, from the Rhône Valley, dated to the late 2nd or early 3rd century CE. In Rome, chariot racing was organized into...

A Mamluk chanfron, designed to protect the face and head of a warhorse. Hammered iron and gold decorations. Made in Egypt or Syria, c. 1419 CE. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

This coin showing a bull is the first of its type to be unearthed in Britain. Found by Simon Hall, the coin was recorded with the PAS before being donated to the British Museum. Julian unsuccessfully tried to revive...

An oil painting of Mary of Guise (l. 1515-1560 CE), Queen of Scotland (r. 1538-1542) as the second wife of James V of Scotland (r. 1513-1542 CE). Attributed to Corneille de Lyon (1500/1510–1575). (Scottish National Portrait Gallery...

Child Asleep in a Cradle Under the Care of a Brave Dog Who Just Killed Near Him a Huge Viper, oil on canvas painting by Jeanne Élisabeth Chaudet, c. 1801. Inspired by a late 18th-century book of fables, the story...

Get to know the life and works of poet Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved woman who became one of colonial America’s most famous writers. – In 1775, General George Washington received a poem from...