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Broken relief showing the First Sermon of the Buddha, 2nd–3rd century CE. The Buddha is depicted turning the Wheel of Law, with attendants and deer also visible. Peshawar Museum, Pakistan.

The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert by John Lee.

A replica of the first jail built in Kentucky where the Harpe brothers were briefly held before they escaped. The historical reconstruction of the jail was done by one Isaac Hite and is located in Constitution Square State Historic Site in...

The bones of a hand with a ring on one finger, viewed through x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph by W. K. Röntgen, 1895. Wellcome Collection.

House of Col. Johannes Hardenbergh, 1903. Hardenbergh was the master and owner of Sojourner Truth (known as Isabella Bomefree until she changed her name in 1843) from her birth on his land c. 1797 until his death in 1806. Illustration from...

Julius Caesar was deified after his death and a comet appearing at this time was seen as a manifestation of his spirit. Octavian (later Emperor Augustus), used his coinage to emphasize his relationship to Caesar, his adoptive father, describing...

Lettres et opuscules de feu Monsr. Brousson, ministre & martyr du St. Evangile : avec un abrege de sa vie... by Claude Brousson (1647-1698), G. Vande Water (Utrecht), 1701. National Library of France, Paris.

An image of the wine pithos at Tel Kabri's Area D-West in situ during the 2013 excavation. The pithos were excavated out after the photo and this storage room is now covered over for conservation purposes. For purposes of the excavation...

This coin, naming the ruler Commius, is probably the earliest evidence of writing in Britain. His name appears in its Celtic form, "COMMIOS". Later coins, such as those of his son Tincomarus, have inscriptions written in Latin. Gold coin...

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning "between two rivers") was an ancient region located in the Near East (Middle East) bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to modern-day...