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Shipwreck in the Tempest
Shipwreck scene (Act I Scene I) in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611). Engraving by Benjamin Smith, based on a painting by George Romney, September 1797.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Minoan Ivory Sceptre Covered with Two Linear A Inscriptions
The Minoan ivory scepter discovered in Crete in 2024 is engraved with the longest Linear A inscription ever found. The inscription consists of approximately 119 signs covering the entire surface of the circular head and both sides of the...
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Miranda Watching the Shipwreck
Miranda, the heroine of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, watches the shipwreck in Act I, oil on canvas by John William Waterhouse, 1916.
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Miranda
Miranda, a portrait of the heroine of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest looking pensively out at the sea, oil on canvas by John William Waterhouse, 1875.
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Ariel
Ariel, a spirit in service to Prospero in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, oil on canvas by Henry Fuseli, c. 1800.
The Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Massacre d'Oradour-sur-Glane
Carte détaillant le massacre d'Oradour-sur-Glane qui eut lieu le 10 juin 1944, près de Limoges dans le sud-ouest de la France. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale (1939-45), 643 hommes, femmes et enfants innocents furent tués par des soldats...
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Collecting the Dead, Leningrad
An October 1942 photograph showing civilians collecting the dead during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) in the...
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Red Army at Leningrad
A September 1941 photograph of Red Army soldiers in the defensive trenches built during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945...
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Map of the Siege of Leningrad
A map showing the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) in the Second World War (1939-45). The siege, more accurately described...
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Leningrad Air Raid Shelter
A photograph of civilians in an air raid shelter during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) in the Second World War...
