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This map illustrates the Russian Revolution of 1905, a wave of political and social unrest across the Russian Empire following defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5). The revolution was sparked by Bloody Sunday on 22 January 1905, when...

Allegory of Justice - Themis, oil on canvas by Marcello Bacciarelli, 18th century. National Museum of Warsaw, Poland.

A fresco of Bishop Marianos and the Vrigin Mary, Faras Cathedral, Nubia (modern Sudan). 11th century CE. (Polish National Museum, Warsaw)

A 1617 portrait by Paul van Somer of Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman, and author. (Łazienki Palace, Warsaw)

A 19th-century illustration of Ryujin, the dragon king and sea god of Japanese mythology. Here he is chasing the princess Tamatori. National Museum, Warsaw.

Chronos and His Child by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, National Museum in Warsaw, a 17th-century depiction of Titan Cronus as "Father Time," wielding a harvesting scythe.

Codex Vaticanus, which may contain Constantine I’s original Bible. Photo taken in Warsaw in 2015.

An 1836 watercolour and ink portrait by Maria Wodzińska of the Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin (1810-49). Maria was, for a while in the mid-1830s, engaged to Chopin.(National Museum, Warsaw)

The Sacrifice of Gideon, oil on canvas painting by Hendrik Heerschop, 1653. Museum of John Paul II Collection, Warsaw.

A model of the cathedral at Faras, Nubia, as found by Polish archaeologists 1961-4 CE. The cathedral was first built c. 707 CE and this model is of the 11th century CE version. (Made by Zbigniew Doliński, Polish National Museum, Warsaw)