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History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. (Mark Twain) Darband-i Basara (the Pass of Basara) is a narrow natural gorge which transects the anticlines of the upper part of the Qaradagh Mountain Range. The elevation is about 605 meters...

The Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) was a major battle in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). The British Eighth Army led by General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) won a decisive...

The Battle of Gazala in Libya in May-June 1942 was a decisive victory for German and Italian forces led by General Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) against British, Commonwealth, and Free French forces during the Western Desert Campaigns (Jun 1940...

North American jackrabbit (hare) – lepus capensis – photographed by Shah Jahan. This would be the sort of jackrabbit featured in the Cheyenne story The Woodpecker's Mother-in-Law where the girl complains to the rabbit that "your eyes are...

In this short film, Emily Hannam discusses a pair of mid-seventeenth century paintings by the Mughal court artists Bichitr and Ramdas from the most famous South Asian manuscript in the Royal Collection, the Padshahnama (‘Book of Emperors’...

Set of rooms which might have been used for residential purposes or as a chapel. Part of the Harwan Monastery in Kashmir, India.

The Faiyum, an ancient oasis which flourished during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. It is most famous today for the finds of many fine painted mummy coffin lids.

Another view of the stupa at the Harwan Monastery in Kashmir, India.

An apsidal shrine made in diaper pebble masonry on the second terrace of the complex. From the Harwan Monastery in Kashmir, India.

A fragmented tile found in the complex, impressed with Kharoshti numerals. From the Harwan Monastery in Kashmir, India.