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Stephenson's Rocket
The Rocket was a pioneering steam-powered locomotive invented in 1829 by the British engineer Robert Stephenson (1803-1859). For a cash prize, extensive competition trials were held to find the best locomotive in the Rainhill Trials. Rocket...
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September Massacres
The September Massacres refers to a series of mass killings that took place in the prisons of Paris between 2 and 7 September 1792, during the French Revolution (1789-99). Sometimes known as the first Terror, the massacres saw between 1,100...
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Roman Naval Attack on Carthage
An artist's impression of what the Roman naval attack on Carthage may have looked like during the Third Punic War, 149-146 BCE.
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Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec
The death of General Richard Montgomery at the Battle of Quebec, 31 December 1775, climax of the American Invasion of Quebec (September 1775-June 1776). Oil on canvas by John Trumbull, 1786.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
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Frigg
Relief showing Frigg, Odin's wife, the goddess of love and destiny, who makes plants and trees promise that they will not harm her son Baldr. Part of a series of 16 beautiful and unique wooden reliefs by Dagfin Werenskiold, depicting Norse...
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Map of Ancestral Puebloan Sites in US Southwest
This U.S. National Park Services map shows the major ancestral Puebloan sites in the Four Corners area of what is now the United States of America.
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Odin & Mime
Odin & Mime relief by Dagfin Werenskiold.
Oslo City Hall, Norway.
Photo credit: Eir Torvik / Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste (City Hall General Services)
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GCS Lab Report - Correya Dog
Laboratory Report by Gemmological Certification Services, London (Number 78157-71, 23 May 2018).
It confirms that the Correya Dog is made from tremolite-nephrite jade.
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Siege of Dunkirk and Battle of Hondschoote, August-September 1793
Map depicting the Siege of Dunkirk and Battle of Hondschoote, between an Anglo-Hanoverian force commanded by the Duke of York and Marshal Freytag, and an army of the French Republic led by Jean-Nicolas Houchard and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan...
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British Attack on Ghazni
An illustration showing the British East India Company's successful attack on the Afghan fortress of Ghazni in July 1839. The attack was during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). (National Army Museum, London)
