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Modern-Day Cheyenne Dog Soldier
Image of a modern-day Cheyenne Dog Soldier at a Native American Powwow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2008. The Dog Soldiers are one of the military societies of the Cheyenne nation.
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Vulture Attacking a Dead Soldier
Alabaster bas-relief showing a vulture pecking an eye of a soldier who was killed by the Assyrian army. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 11 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum...
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British Soldier, Western Desert
A photograph taken in May 1941 showing a British soldier protecting himself against a sandstorm during the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Assyrian Soldier Kills His Enemy
Alabaster bas-relief showing an Assytian soldier killing his enemy. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 8 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Northern Wei Figure of a Foreign Soldier
This painted pottery figure represents a foreign soldier and was made of a slipped and pigmented earthenware. It was found in a tomb. Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 CE. From North China. (The British Museum, London).
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Bosporan Soldier
Grave stele of Staphilos, son of Glaukias, from the Bosporan Kingdom. It depicts a soldier with the traditional Bosporan long hair and beard, and Scythian costume. It dates to the 2nd century CE and comes from the Necropolis of Panticapaeum...
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Soldier Christmas Card, 1887
A Christmas card dating to c. 1887 showing a soldier. Drawn by Harry Payne, military themes were popular with those who sent cards to family members in the armed services across the British empire. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Orignal...
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Funerary Slab of Galatian Soldier at Rest
Limestone funerary slab depicting a Galatian soldier being handed a drinking cup by a serving boy, Alexandria, late 3rd century BCE.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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A Roman Trail in the Moselle Valley
The Moselle Valley is Germany's oldest winegrowing region. The Romans brought viticulture to this area and planted vines along the Moselle River 2000 years ago. After settling the region c. 50 BCE and establishing the city of Trier (Augusta...
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Afrika Korps Soldier
A 1941 colourised photograph of a member of the Deutsche Afrika Korps (DAK) wrapped up against invasive sand in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)
