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Galahad Battles the Seven Knights of Darkness
"The seven knights of darkness" was painted c. 1893-1902 CE. The painting depicts the legendary Sir Galahad battling personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins as part of his quest for the Holy Grail. It is part of the Part of the "Abbey Room...
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Wampanoag Canoe
Traditional Wampanoag canoe at the Wampanoag homesite exhibit of the living history museum Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA.
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United States Expansion after the Treaty of Paris in 1783
A map illustrating the expansion of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris (September 3, 1783), which ended the War of the American Revolution, recognized U.S. independence, and granted it sizeable additional territory...
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Presentation of Captives to a Maya Ruler
This carved limestone relief, dated 23 August 783 CE, depicts three scribes being presented as prisoners to a Maya ruler. The captives are identified as scribes by the stick-bundle the first one holds (the traditional implements of scribes...
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General Order No. 3 of 19 June 1865
General Order No. 3, issued in Galveston, Texas, 19 June 1865.
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Portrait of Jean Lafitte
A 19th-century portrait of the Franco-American pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 - c. 1821). (Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas)
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Susanoo & the Dragon
A 19th century CE wooden screen depicting the Shinto god Susanoo defeating the dragon with eight heads. Susanoo was the god of storms and Yomi, the underworld. (Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, USA)
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Bison-Dance of the Mandan Natives
Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge. In Mih-Tutta-Hankush, illustration by Karl Bodmer from the book Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834. DeGolyer...
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Ivan III of Russia
Ivan III of Russia (Ivan the Great, r. 1462-1505), engraving published in H.F. Helmolt (ed.): History of the World. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1902.
University of Texas Portrait Gallery.
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The Raising of Lazarus
The Raising of Lazarus, tempera and gold on panel by Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1310-11.
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.