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An illustrated map of the Mediterranean from 700 BCE to 500 CE. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a cherub. These multi-headed beings appear in Abrahamic religions where they often function as attendant angels. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

Marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon (West pediment A) depicting a river-god (possibly the river Ilissos), designed by Pheidias, about 438-432 BCE. (British Museum, London)

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a ziggurat, a standard feature of temple complexes in ancient Mesopotamia. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing an ancient aqueduct. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a typical scholar of the 17th to 18th centuries. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

Washita River, Oklahoma, USA: Vicinity of the Washita Massacre of November 1868 where Black Kettle and his wife were killed trying to escape across the river.

Canal boats on the North River (now referred to as the Hudson River) in New York, illustration by William L. Stone and Cadwallader D. Colden, issued in 1825 to be presented to the Mayor of New York City to celebrate the completion of the...

An 1883 oil on canvas, By the River at Vernon, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. Painted in late-afternoon light, the artist was keen to capture the effect of the reflections in the river. Monet applies paint...

Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana. Approximating what the sandbar on the Mississippi River might have looked like at the Sandbar Fight of 1827, which made James Bowie famous. Photograph by Billy Hathorn, 2008.