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Kitsunebi (Fox Fire)
Utagawa Hiroshige: New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji
No. 118 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 9th month of 1857.
Woodblock print
Brooklyn Museum
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The Bust of Isocrates
A bust of the Athenian orator Isocrates, from page 97 of World's Famous Orations, Vol 1, by William Jennings Bryan and Francis Whiting Halsey, 1906.
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Nicias
Bust of Nicias, Athenian politician (c. 470-413 BCE). Illustration from World's Famous Orations, Vol. 1. by William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey.
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An Introduction to Aesop's Fables
A fable is a short story that usually includes animals that act like people as the main characters and conveys a moral or a lesson to be learnt. Aesop’s Fables (which come to a total of 725, although modern editions often only include between...
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The First Circumnavigation of the Earth by Magellan & Elcano - Summary on a Map
Let's retrace the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano. This is the first video in a new series about Famous Explorers.
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Best Tourist Attractions Places To Travel In Turkey | Library of Pergamum Destination Spot
Top Tourist Attractions Places To Visit In Turkey | Library of Pergamum Destination Spot - Tourism in Turkey.
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Saddam Hussein Plaque in Babylon
Modern mud-brick in a wall which was inscribed with Arabic language that mentions the name of Saddam Hussein as the president and protector of the great Iraq, who had re-built Babylon in 1987-1988 CE .” This brick documents the first and...
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Merchant Houses, Bryggen, Bergen
Bryggen - "The German Dock", is the Hanseatic quarter in Bergen, Norway. The Hanseatic merchants traded stockfish from northern Norway in Bergen between the 14th and 18th centuries and exported to the Hanseatic towns in the Baltic and on...
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Cartouche of Merenre Nemtyemsaf II
The cartouche of Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, from the Abydos King List, Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt
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Bryggen, Bergen
Bryggen - "The German Dock", is the Hanseatic quarter in Bergen, Norway. The Hanseatic merchants traded stockfish from Northern norway in Bergen between the 14th and 18th centuries CE and exported to the Hanseatic towns in the Baltic and...