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Grand Duchess Sophia at the Novodevichy Convent
Grand Duchess Sophia at the Novodevichy Convent (1698), oil on canvas by Ilya Repin, 1879. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Ilya Repin's 1879 painting portrays Sophia after her fall from power, confined to a cell in the...
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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
A view of the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. The cemetery commemorates U.S. soldiers who died during the D-Day Normandy Landings of June 1944 and subsequent fighting in the Second World War...
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Pottery from the Amarneh Cemetery at Til Barsip
Much of the known pottery from the Euphrates region comes from tombs, often in large cemeteries attached to settlement sites. The tombs are of a variety of types, but most typically they consist of rock-cut or stone-built subterranean chambers...
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Headdress and Necklaces from the Royal Cemetery of Ur
An elaborate headdress and necklace made of gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian which belonged to a high-level Sumerian woman. These were found in the "Great Death-Pit", one of the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. From Ur, southern Mesopotamia...
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Donegal Abbey Cemetery, County Donegal, Ireland
The Donegal Abbey Cemetery near Donegal bay, County Donegal, Ireland.
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Attack on the Cemetery of Eylau
On 7 February 1807, the first day of the Battle of Eylau, French and Russian forces battled over the church and cemetery of the village of Eylau, each pouring more men into the slaughter. The French possessed the cemetery by day's end, though...
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Byzantine Sarcophagus from the Imperial Cemetery
Sarcophagus from the imperial cemetery beside the Church of the Holy Apostles. Material: Marble. Period: Early Byzantine; circa early 5th century CE. Findspot: Sariguzel/Fatih, Istanbul. (Istanbul Archaeological Museums)
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Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family ... (UNESCO/NHK)
The temple, cemetery and family mansion of Confucius, the great philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th–5th centuries B.C., are located at Qufu, in Shandong Province. Built to commemorate him in 478 B.C., the temple has been destroyed...
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Grave of Dmitri Shostakovich
The grave of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow.
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Grave of Sergei Prokofiev
The grave of the composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.