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The Battle of Dun Nectain
The Battle of Dun Nechtain (also known as The Battle of Dunnichen, The Battle of Nechtanemere, Lin Garan, and The Battle of Nechtan) was a pivotal engagement between the Northumbrians under their king Ecgfrith and the Picts under the leadership...
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Battle of Thermopylae
Thermopylae is a mountain pass near the sea in northern Greece which was the site of several battles in antiquity, the most famous being that between Persians and Greeks in August 480 BCE. Despite being greatly inferior in numbers, the Greeks...
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Chinvat Bridge
Line drawing of the eastern wall of the Sogdian sa-pao Wirkak’s sarcophagus (c. 580 CE) in Hsi-an: Wirkak and his wife are on their way over the Chinvat Bridge to the afterlife.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge Construction
The two arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge coming together. The photo was taken from the approach to the then-tram terminus at the wharf at McMahons Point, c. 1930.
Royal Australian Historical Society.
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Painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge
A maintenance worker painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1945, photo by Alec Iverson.
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge Construction
Circular Quay (Sydney, Australia) showing trams, six K-class ferries, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, c. 1930s.
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Workers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Workers on the southwestern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, photograph by the New South Wales Department of Public Works, printed by Alfried James Kent, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932. Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo, NSW, Australia...
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Sketch of Proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge
The proposed bridge from near Dawe's Point, Sydney, to near Milsons Point, North Shore, sketch by P. E. Henderson, engineer, 1857.
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Riggers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Riggers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction, photo by Ted Hood, 1931.
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
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Bering Land Bridge Natural Preserve
Bering Land Bridge Natural Preserve. Many parts of this area look similar to how it may have looked when the first humans arrived there, perhaps around 30,000 years ago. From there on, early humans may have crossed to the Americas by around...