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X-rays were discovered in 1895 by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923). This is an early X-ray, taken in 1897, of a 30-year-old woman who was fully dressed when the X-ray was taken. Image from p.180 of The American X-ray Journal...

An early modern reimagining of the philosopher Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE). From the 1580 CE book Illustrium philosophorum et sapientum effigies ab eorum numistatibus extractae, by Girolamo Olgiati. Reprinted 1583.

A c. 1871 oil on canvas, Early Snow at Louveciennes, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. Sisley worked with Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) at Louveciennes near Paris, and the influence on Sisley is clear...

An artist's depiction of an coronation ceremony in early Medieval Europe. From the game Old World.

The Early Christian Basilica dating to the beginning of the 5th century CE, Kourion, Cyprus.

Cross of Sbeitla, mosaic, photograph by Carole Raddato, Sufetula (Sbeitla), Tunisia, February 14, 2023. This early Christian mosaic from 5th-6th century CE was sourced from within Sufetula, an ancient town — once Roman, then Byzantine, and...

The Minoan settlement of Phaistos archaeological site, Crete (2000-1400 BCE). Perhaps an early theatre.

The Early Christian Basilica dating to the beginning of the 5th century CE, Kourion, Cyprus.

A flintlock pistol, c. 1700-1730. English lock and stock. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

The İnandık vase, a Hittite four-handled large terracota vase with scenes in relief showing the stages of a sacred wedding ceremony in Hittite social life with musicians and dancers. The vase dates from the Old Hittite Kingdom about 1600...