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Smock Similar to the Uniforms of Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment
A replica of the gray smocks worn by the Black Loyalist soldiers of Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Photo by Wikipedia user Chitt66, taken...
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Ravel's Villa
The villa La Belvedere, just outside Paris in Montfort-l’Amaury. It was lived in from 1921 by the composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).
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Map of the Bismarck's Route
A map showing the route taken by the German battleship Bismarck prior to its sinking in May 1941.
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Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. According to legend, the basalt columns were erected by the great hero and giant Finn MacCool across the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland...
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Plato's Academy Mosaic
Plato's Academy, Roman mosaic from Pompeii, 1st century BCE.
Museo Nazionale Archologico, Naples.
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Li Po's Calligraphy
"Going Up to Sun Terrace", calligraphy scroll by the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai, the only surviving example of Li Po's own calligraphy, is now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China
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Cicero's De Officiis
Cicero’s De Officiis and other philosophical works, printed in 1560 CE by Christopher Froschouer.
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The King's Men, Rollright Stones
Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the King’s Men, a circle of about seventy stones, probably date to c. 2500 BCE.
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Hitler & Stauffenberg at the Wolf's Lair
A photo taken at one of Adolf Hitler's WWII command centres, the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia. On the far left is Claus von Stauffenberg (1907-44) who placed a bomb in a command hut there on 20 July 1944 in...
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Hokusai's Kappa, a Japanese Water Sprite
A drawing of a kappa, a Japanese mythological water sprite, by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) as part of his wider work, the Hokusai Manga, which he began publishing in 1812.