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A photo of Al-Masjid An-Nabawi in Medina, Arabia. It shows a view of the mosque from the south, with the minaret of Bab al-Baqi and the Green Dome to the right (foreground) and the minaret of Bab as-Salam to the left...

Depiction of a physician preparing an elixir. Illustration from a folio of an Arabic translation of the 1st Century CE Greek medical text De Materia Medica. Iraq, 1224 CE. Ink, opaque watercolor, and...

An illustration of the town planning at the Chinese capital Chang'an. The city was the capital of the Western Han and Tang dynasties, amongst others. The orange section indicates the royal palace.

This limestone slab carved in relief shows two deities. On the right, the goddess Al-Lat is depicted, she wears a military dress and helmet and holds a spear in her right hand and a shield in her left arm...

In 1935, Renato Micheli composed the song 'Faccetta Nera' (Pretty/little black face) to commemorate the invasion of Ethiopia. The lyrics recount the liberation of a young Ethiopian woman from...

This Roman oil lamp of unclear provenance was made in the 1st Century CE. It portrays an Aethiopian slave, with barbarians like Africans and Celts being popular motifs in Roman art. The lamp has also...

A photograph of women working in an armaments factory in Yorkshire, England during the Second World War (1939-45). The women are here finishing 2,000lb bombs for aircraft. Imperial War Museums

Red-figure vase depicting an artist painting a statue of Hercules, identified by his club and lion-skin cape. Greek and Roman statues were frequently painted in Antiquity, to impart a more impressive and life-like...

Qur'an Manuscript, ink, gold, and lapis on paper, with leather binding, India, Kashmir, late 18th–early 19th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

An 18th century CE painting showing Diogenes of Sinope looking for an honest man (Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein - Nagel Auktionen)