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Mass Hanging of Dakota Sioux in Mankato, Minnesota
Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato Minnesota, December 25, 1862. Print by Buffalo: Hayes Litho. Co., c. 1883. President Abraham Lincoln ordered the mass execution of 38 Native Americans in Minnesota for revolt against...

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British Gliders, Operation Market Garden
A photograph of British glider planes landed near Arnhem in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden in the Second World War (1939-45). The operation, carried out in September 1944, aimed to take several important bridges across the...

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The Unicorn Rests in a Garden
"The Unicorn Rests in a Garden" is one of seven tapestries in the "Unicorn Tapestries" group. These allegorical tapestries depict the hunting of a unicorn, a mythological animal common to European folklore. "The Unicorn Rests in a Garden"...

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The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides
The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides, oil on canvas by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1806. In ancient Greek mythology, the Garden of the Hesperides was situated on the slopes of Mount Atlas...

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Diodorus Siculus' Account of the Life of Semiramis
Semiramis is the semi-divine Warrior-Queen of Assyria, whose reign is most clearly documented by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (l. 90-30 BCE) in his great work Bibliotheca Historica ("Historical Library") written over thirty years...

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A Pathway in Monet's Garden by Monet
A 1902 oil on canvas, A Pathway in Monet's Garden, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. This is a view of Monet's garden in Giverny, specifically planted with a wide variety of flowers so that he could paint them...

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Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome
A section of the garden fresco from the triclinium or dining room from Livia's Villa, Rome, 1st century BCE. The fresco runs around all four walls and gives a 360° panorama of a luxuriant garden with birds and insects against a brilliant...

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Flowering Garden by van Gogh
An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Flowering Garden, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in July in Arles, southern France. A lesser-known work, it represents the artist's interest in calming garden scenes...

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Zen Rock Garden, Ryoanji
The Zen rock garden of Ryoanji temple, Kyoto, Japan. The garden dates to c. 1500 CE but the exact significance of its 15 stones is unknown except that they are designed to promote meditation.

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Petra Garden-Pool Complex
The garden and pool complex in Petra (Jordan) is an ornamental Nabataean garden situated on an artificial terrace west of the Great Temple and overlooking the main colonnaded street. It includes a large swimming pool, an island pavilion...