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The Battle of Eylau (7-8 February 1807) was a bloody but inconclusive military engagement during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Fought on the snowy fields of Poland, the two-day battle resulted in a draw. Eylau marked the first serious...

The tomb of the famous English knight Sir William Marshal (c. 1146-1219 CE), who was also Protector of the Kingdom and regent for Henry III (1216-1272 CE). Temple Church, London.

Archaeological site of L'Anse aux Meadows, a Viking settlement in Newfoundland, North America, which was built and occupied around 1000 CE. It could house up to 70-90 people who would use the site while on expeditions lasting a few years...

Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert by Francois-Joseph Navez, c. 1820 CE Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

A stone sculpture of human heads, the part of the body believed by the ancient Celts to hold the soul. From a sanctuary at the oppidum of Entremont, France. 2nd century BCE. (Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France)

Alboin from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 CE, Bavarian State Library

Emperors Zeno I and Anastasius I, folio 141 recto of the Nuremberg Chronicle (c. 1493).

A figurine representing a Japanese tengu, a form of forest demon, Edo Period (17th-18th century). Private collection.

A range of stone vessels from Minoan Crete, 15th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Herakllion, Crete).

Discover what it took to build the Panama Canal, and how this colossal construction project changed the region. — In the 19th century, the California gold rush brought thousands of settlers to America's west coast. But finding gold...