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Map of the Roman Conquest & Rule in Gaul, c. 200 CE
This map illustrates the administrative and geopolitical situation in Roman Gaul two centuries after the Roman conquest, which began with Julius Caesar's campaigns (58–51 BCE), bringing the region under Roman control. By 200 CE, Gaul was...
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Adolf Eichmann, c. 1942
A c. 1942 photograph of Adolf Eichmann (1906-62), a senior member of the SS and a key figure in the transportation of Jewish people to Nazi death camps during the Holocaust.
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Coyote in the Snow, Yosemite, California, USA
Coyote in the snow, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Photograph by Yathin S. Krishnappa, 2009.
The coyote features as a supernatural trickster figure in the lore of many Native American nations, including the Shasta people.
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Mount Shasta in the Siskiyou Mountains, California
Mount Shasta in the Siskiyou Mountains, California, USA. Photograph by Greg Schechter of San Francisco, USA, 2012. Mount Shasta is considered sacred by several Native American nations including the Achomawi, Atsugewi, Karuk, Klamath, Modoc...
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Adolf Eichmann, 1961
A photograph of Adolf Eichmann (1906-62) during his trial for war crimes in Israel in 1961. Eichmann, a senior member of the SS, had been a key figure in the transportation of Jewish people to Nazi death camps. (National Photo Collection...
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Pit River Valley, Modoc County, California
The Pit River winds through the Modoc Plateau, once the home of the Native American Modoc nation. Photograph by Robert F. Ettner, Natural Resources Staff Officer, Siskiyou National Forest, US Forest Service, 2006.
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Mosaic Icon of the Virgin Hodegetria
Mosaic icon of the Virgin Hodegetria from St. George Church, Ereğli (ancient Herakleia in Thrace), Turkey, early 14th century.
National Archaeological Museum, Sofia.
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Portrait of Diocletian
Portrait of Roman emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE) from Brest village, Pleven region, Bulgaria, late 3rd to early 4th century CE.
National Archaeological Museum, Sofia.
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Five Ships of Exploration
The Age of Exploration (15th–16th centuries) was propelled by a revolution in shipbuilding and navigation that transformed the limits of human travel. Innovations such as the caravel and carrack, the adoption of the magnetic compass, astrolabe...
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Corpse of Joachim von Ribbentrop
The corpse of Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946) who was found guitly of war crimes and hanged 16 October 1946 after the Nuremberg Trials (1945-46).
