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How we celebrate Christmas today is largely shaped by a small group of authors who recorded festive traditions in the 19th century. These authors include Washington Irving (1783-1859), Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), and Charles Dickens...

The Battle of Tourcoing (17-18 May 1794) was a major engagement in the War of the First Coalition, the first phase of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). It saw an army of the French Republic successfully fend off a six-pronged attack...

This is a large, kneeling statue of Hatshepsut that was found during excavations of her temple at Deir el-Bahri. In this statue, Hatshepsut is depicted wearing the nemes headcloth, a false beard on her chin, andis kneeling with a nemset jar...

The royal couple, pharaoh Akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 BCE) and queen Nefertiti (c. 1370 - c. 1336 BCE), is seated at a feast, beneath the god Aten and under his rays. They are looking at each other and Nefertiti puts her right hand under Akhenaten's...

Detail of the relief carved at the façade of the rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl). This man stands on the right side. He wears what appears to be a “tiara”; a...

This military face mask is one of the most exceptional finds at the Kalkriese battle grounds. As 'The Kalkriese Type' it stands as the prime example for masks with a small face, the eyes are not particularly even, but give good sight. It...

Portrait by the artist Louis John Steele (1842 - 1918 CE) of a young Māori woman with chin moko (tattoo) 1891 CE. From the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Polychrome plate depicting two women exchanging wreaths, the woman on the right grasps the other's chin. Made in Thera, Greece, c. 620 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Thera)

Ram-headed sphinxes deposited in the first court in the Temple of Karnak, Egypt. Before the temple was extended by the construction of the first court and its pylon, these sphinxes were part of the original approach. When the approach avenue...

Detail of the relief carved at the façade of the rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl). This man stands on the left side. He wears what appears to be a “tiara”; a headdress...