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Female skeleton playing the guitar, type-metal engraving by José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1890-1910. José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) was a Mexican illustrator best known for his satirical depictions of skeletons (calaveras), which often appeared...

Skeletons riding bicycles, type-metal engraving by José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1891. José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) was a Mexican illustrator best known for his satirical depictions of skeletons (calaveras), which often appeared in political...

Day of the Dead altar, photograph by Eneas De Troya, 2009. Depicted here is a home altar of offerings (ofrenda) assembled for the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), a widely observed festival in Mexico in which celebrants commemorate...

Mask of Mictlantecuhtli, painted wood carving, c. 1450-1521. Depicted here is a wooden mask of a skeletal face representing the Aztec deity Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of the Underworld. As there are no eyeholes for a potential wearer to see from...

Sugar skull, moulded of white sugar candy and adorned with icing and foil, c. 1979. The decorative candy skull (calavera de azucar) is a common sight at Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) festivities, a widely observed holiday in Mexico...

First anniversary of Hachikō's death, photograph included in Showa Day by Day (Volume 4), p. 53, by Kondansha Co., 8 March 1936. Hachikō was an Akita dog belonging to Hidesaburō Ueno, an agricultural scientist, who died in 1925 from a cerebral...

Child Asleep in a Cradle Under the Care of a Brave Dog Who Just Killed Near Him a Huge Viper, oil on canvas painting by Jeanne Élisabeth Chaudet, c. 1801. Inspired by a late 18th-century book of fables, the story depicted in the painting...

Lorenzo the Magnificent Receives the Tribute of the Ambassadors, fresco painting by Giorgio Vasari, c. 1556-1558. This fresco shows a crowd of ambassadors giving gifts to Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, as he sits on a raised throne...

Hannibal Crossing the Alps on Elephants, oil on canvas painting by Nicolas Poussin, c. 1625-1626. Hannibal Barca, famed Carthaginian general, crossed the Alps in 218 BCE during the Second Punic War. The crossing was planned as a move that...

Alexander the Great on Bucephalus, bronze equestrian monument by Evangelos Moustakas, photograph by Franco R. Batista Garcia, Thessaloniki, 10 September 2025. Following the assassination of Philip II of Macedon in October 336 BCE, his son...