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A modern reconstruction of the fortifications of Hatra, one of the best surviving Parthian cities. The ruins pictured were constructed between the 3rd and 2nd Centuries BCE. Located in the Nineveh Governorate...

Confederate fortifications at Fort Mahone during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Remains of the 5th century BCE fortifications at Amphipolis, northern Greece.

A digital reconstruction of the fortifications at Portobelo-San Lorenzo, originally built in 1597 CE. This fort was one of many built by the Spanish Empire on Panama's Caribbean coast to protect...

A section of the fortifications of Carcassonne, southern France.

An illustration of the fortifications of Bristol during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). The city was stormed by Royalists led by Prince Rupert (1619-82) on 26 July 1643. The city was then lost to the Parliamentarians...

A portion of the 16-17th century fortifications at San Juan de Ulúa, an island opposite the port of Veracruz, Mexico, once a major port on the Spanish Main. The rings in the walls were for ships to tie themselves...

The coinage of ancient Greece has given us some of the most recognisable images from antiquity as they were stamped with designs to proudly declare the identity of the city which minted them and guarantee their value. One...

Ptolemaic Egypt existed between 323 and 30 BCE when Egypt was ruled by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty. During the Ptolemaic period, Egyptian society changed as Greek immigrants introduced a new language, religious pantheon...

Greek mathematics, the study of numbers and their properties, patterns, structure, space, apparent change, and measurement, is said to have originated with Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE) but was clearly understood during the...