Images

Marble head of Emperor Constantine I (r. 306-337 CE) by an unknown artist, c. 325-370 CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Statue of Emperor Augustus (r. 27 BCE to 14 CE). Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

Interior of a Roman bathhouse in the Thermenmuseum, Heerlen.

Troop movements before the First Battle of Saratoga (or the Battle of Freeman's Farm) on 19 September 1777. Map by the History Department of the United States Military Academy.

Troop movements at the Second Battle of Saratoga (or Battle of Bemis Heights), 7 October 1777. Map by the History Department of the United States Military Academy.

Will West Long (also known as Will Westi, l. c. 1869-1947), Cherokee mask-maker, historian, and translator. He became famous for his work with Euro-American anthropologists and ethnographers translating Cherokee legends, lore, prayers, and...

James Mooney (l. 1861-1921), American ethnographer who helped preserve the literature, language, and culture of the Cherokee nation. Plate 1 in The Swimmer Manuscript by James Mooney and Frans M. Olbrechts, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau...

Indian Corn – also known as Flint Corn and Calico Corn – one of the three types of maize cultivated by the Native Peoples of North America.

This map illustrates the Roman Tetrarchy, a four-part imperial system established by Emperor Diocletian (reigned 284–305 CE) in 293 CE to stabilize and defend the sprawling Roman Empire. It aimed to address political instability, streamline...

Statue of Michel de L'Hospital (also known as L'Hôpital, c. 1505-1573), Chancellor of France, Louis-Pierre Deseine, Palais Bourbon, Paris. Photo by DimiTalen, 2016.