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Prince Peter Bagration (1765-1812), a Russian general of Georgian origin who served during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He commanded one of Russia's main armies during Napoleon's invasion of Russia and was mortally wounded at the Battle...

After the Battle of Borodino, Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov meets with his staff at Fili village on 13 September 1812. After a heated argument, Kutuzov decides to abandon Moscow in order to continue the war of attrition. Oil on canvas...

The frontispiece of On the Fabric of the Human Body (1543) by Andreas Vesalius (1514-64). The anatomist is shown making a dissection of a human body. (National Library of Medicine)

A lithographic print showing the famed anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514-64) about to dissect a human body. Lithograph by E. Milster after E. J. C. Hamman, 1849. (Wellcome Images)

A photograph of liquid gold in a refinery.

A 1757 oil-on-canvas painting, The Alchemists, by Pietro Longhi. (Ca' Rezzonico, Venice)

An 1867 painting showing the Polish alchemist Michael Sendivogius (1566-1636) by Jan Matejko. (Museum of Art in Łódź, Poland)

A c. 1850 lithographic print, The Alchemist, by Celestin Nanteuil. The figure is in possession of the typical apparatus of alchemy such as a condenser and furnace. (Science Museum, London)

As part of Herod the Great's building program, as Herod's Harbor housed 40 acres of water, with its circular configuration, to deflect extreme north-bound waves, along with the lighthouse and outsized tower at the entrance, two free-standing...

The House of Windsor represents the modern phase in the long dynastic evolution of the British monarchy, reflecting how royal identity adapted to political pressure, public opinion, and national crisis. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries...