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Last Stand of the 24th, Isandlwana
An 1885 painting by C.E. Fripp titled Last Stand of the 24th, Isandlwana, which depicts the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.
National Army Museum, South Africa
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Map of Settlement & Mobility in the Aegean, c. 1100-550 BCE - Migration, Memory, and the Making of the Greek World
The period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palatial system (c. 1200–1100 BCE) saw profound demographic and cultural reorganization across the Aegean. During the so-called Greek “Dark Age” (c. 1100–800 BCE), communities fragmented...
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The Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Thebes, c. 1323 BCE - The Boy King and the Tomb That Rewrote Egyptology
The tomb of Tutankhamun (c. 1345–1323 BCE; reign c. 1332–1323 BCE), located in the Valley of the Kings, offers a rare and largely intact snapshot of royal burial practice during Egypt’s New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BCE). Although Tutankhamun’s...
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Death of Messalina
The Death of Messalina, oil on canvas painting by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, 1916.
Depicted here is the killing of Valeria Messalina, wife of the Emperor Claudius.
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Proclaiming Claudius Emperor
Proclaiming Claudius Emperor, oil on panel painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1867.
Depicted here is Claudius being proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard following the assassination of Caligula.
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Map of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt c. 1330 - Slave Soldiers Who Ruled an Empire
The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (1250–1517) emerged from the military elite of the late Ayyubid state and transformed a palace coup into one of the most durable powers of the late medieval Islamic world. Following the death of al-Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb...
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Map of the Sumerian Civilization - Where Cities Began
The rise of Sumerian civilization in southern Mesopotamia (c. 6000–2300 BCE) represents one of the earliest transformations from agrarian village life to urban state formation. Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, this alluvial...
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Statue of Horus at Edfu
Statue of Horus, black granite statue. Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 07 September, 2025. A colossal 3.2 meters (10.50 ft) tall black granite statue of Horus as a falcon wearing the double crown (Upper and Lower Egypt) embodying the majesty of the...
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Postage Stamps of British Somaliland
A selection of postage stamps from British Somaliland (aka the Somaliland Protectorate). The protectorate was established in 1884 and became part of an independent Somalia in 1960.
Private Collection
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Somali Woman Building a Traditional House
A photograph of a Somali woman building a traditional nomadic house, an aqal.
