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Horyuji
The Horyuji Temple near Nara in Japan was founded in 607 CE by Prince Shotoku and is the only surviving Buddhist monastery from the Asuka Period in its original state. The complex, consisting of 48 listed buildings including a 5-storey pagoda...
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Death of the Prince Imperial
An 1882 oil on canvas painting by Paul Joseph Jamin titled Death of the Prince Imperial. The scene shows the death of Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial in a skirmish during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
Château de Compiègne.
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Last Stand of the 24th, Isandlwana
An 1885 painting by C.E. Fripp titled Last Stand of the 24th, Isandlwana, which depicts the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.
National Army Museum, South Africa
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King Cetshwayo
A c. 1875 photograph of Cetshwayo kaMpande, king of the Zulus from 1872 to 1884. His reign came to an end after the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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The Defence of Rorke's Drift
An 1880 oil on canvas painting The Defence of Rorke's Drift by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler. The battle of Rorke's Drift saw a small mission station attacked by Zulu warriors during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
Royal Collection
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The Burning of Ulundi
An 1879 engraving titled The Burning of Ulundi. Ulundi was the Zulu capital and scene of the final battle of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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Harlech Castle
Harlech Castle, located in North Wales, was first built by Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307 CE) from 1283 CE. Largely completed by 1290 CE, the castle received some further additions up to 1330 CE. A classic example of a concentric medieval...
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Defense of Rorke's Drift
An 1880 oil on canvas painting by Alphonse de Neuville showing the defence of Rorke's Drift, a small mission station, immediately after the battle of Isandlwana, the first encounter of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Art Gallery of New South...
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Death of Melvill and Coghill
An illustration by Charles Edwin Fripp showing the last stand of Lieutenants T. Melville and N.J.A. Coghill during the battle of Isandlwana in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. The two men tried to save the Queen’s Colour of the 1/24th Regiment...
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Lord Chelmsford
A portrait of Frederic Thesiger, better known as Lord Chelmsford (1827-1905), who was appointed to lead a punitive British expedition into the Zulu kingdom but infamously lost the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first encounter...
