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An infographic of eight major military failures through history. Across history, significant military campaigns have often begun with overwhelming force and confidence in rapid success, reflecting the strategic assumptions of powerful states...

Saitobaru kofun landscape, photograph by Jan van der Crabben, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, September 2025. A plethora of keyhole-shaped burial mounds called kofun were constructed between 300-600 CE. Unlike most other kofun sites...

Oni-no-Iwaya Tumulus at the Saitobaru Burial Mounds, photograph by Jan van der Crabben, Saitobaru Kofun Cluster, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, September 2025. With a height of 7.3 meters (24 ft) and a diameter of 37 meters (121 ft), the Oni-no-Iwaya...

Statue of Katō Kiyomasa, photograph by Jan van der Crabben, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, September 2025. Katō Kiyomasa (1562-1611) was a Japanese daimyō in the service of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was granted half of the Higo Province...

Kumamoto Castle keep, photograph by Jan van der Crabben, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, September 2025. Originally built in the 17th century, the main keep of Kumamoto Castle was burned down during the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877. The...

Fortifications of Kumamoto Castle, photograph by Jan van der Crabben, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, September 2025. First established in 1467 by Ideta Hidenobu, the castle and its fortifications were expanded over the centuries...

Katō Kiyomasa, portrait by Kondō Shōsen, Meiji to Showa era (19th to 20th century). Kiyomasa (1562-1611), a daimyō of the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods, is depicted as a fierce general with a warrior-like beard and a stern expression...

An 1896 photograph of a group of miners in the De Beers diamond mines in Kimberley, Southern Africa.

A photograph of the Big Hole, a human-made excavation at the diamond mines of Kimberley, South Africa. The deep crater measures over 450 metres (1,500 ft) across.

Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, photograph by the White House Photographic Office, Washington D.C., 29 September, 1983. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is seen here with US President Ronald Reagan during a state visit to the White...