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The lighting of fires during the Aztec New Fire Ceremony of 1507, a ritual held every 52 years to ensure the continuation of the Sun. The priests carry fire bundles and wear turquoise masks in imitation of the fire god Xiuhtecuhtli, as do...

The route of the St Jean Baptiste and Captain James Cook's Endeavour around the North Cape of New Zealand in December 1769.

New Year's Image, Persepolis

A painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris showing the Scottish privateer turned pirate Captain Kidd (c. 1645-1701) in New York harbour. William Kidd was found guilty of piracy and hanged in 1701. (Library of Congress)

The Rufus stone (now a metal plaque) which marks the spot in the New Forest, England where William II of England (r. 1087-1100 CE) died in a hunting accident.

Aerial view of the Bailem Valley, Papua New Guinea, a site of ancient Neolithic settlements and explored for the first time by Western explorers in the 1930s. In 2008, the Kuk Early Agricultural Site was designated a UNESCO World Heritage...

Kokopelli petroglyph in New Mexico, USA, photograph by Carptrash, 2009. Most likely depicting another kachina spirit figure of the Pueblo peoples who has come to be identified with Kokopelli.

On 20 December 1803, after the Louisiana Purchase, the American flag is hoisted in New Orleans. Oil on canvas painting by Thure de Thulstrup, 1902. Louisiana State Museum.

Monument in memory of the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, New Echota, Georgia, USA. Photograph by Christopher James Culberson, 2006.

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany