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Selecting the Oak - Viking Ship Construction 3
The Viking shipbuilders did not enter the forest at random. They first searched for large, straight-grown, knot-free oaks capable of yielding broad planks, because a clinker hull would not forgive poor timber, and the choice made at the start...
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Defining the Vessel - Viking Ship Construction 2
The work of building a Viking ship began by determining the type and purpose of the vessel. Whether it would be a warship, a cargo boat, or a coastal craft was decided, and the hull length, need for lightness, and choice of materials were...
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Broad-Bladed Axes - Viking Ship Construction 1
The broad-bladed axe was the Viking shipbuilder’s most important tool, and had been designed to turn oak logs into thin boards. Using these axes instead of a saw preserved the grain structure of the wood and allowed clinker hulls to remain...
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Map of Europe at the Peace of Westphalia, 1648 - From the Thirty Years’ War to a New European Order
The Peace of Westphalia (1648), concluded through treaties signed at Osnabrück and Münster (May-October 1648), marked the end of two major conflicts: the Thirty Years’ War and the Eighty Years’ War. What began as a religious and dynastic...
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The Burning of Ulundi
An 1879 engraving titled The Burning of Ulundi. Ulundi was the Zulu capital and scene of the final battle of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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Death of the Prince Imperial
An 1882 oil on canvas painting by Paul Joseph Jamin titled Death of the Prince Imperial. The scene shows the death of Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial in a skirmish during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
Château de Compiègne.
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Zulu Village
A mid-19th-century illustration of a typical village of the Zulu Kingdom. Women are shown making beer.
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Zulu Warrior
A 1917 photograph of a Zulu warrior wearing traditional dress. He holds an assegai stabbing spear and a light club.
New York Public Library
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Map of the Giza Complex of Ancient Egypt - Monumental Landscape of the Pyramid Age
The Giza plateau formed one of the most important royal funerary landscapes of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, a period sometimes described as the “Age of the Pyramids.” Located near Memphis, the political center of early dynastic Egypt, Giza became...
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Remains of the Dry Moat at Hara Castle
Remains of the dry moat at Hara Castle, photograph by Matthew Allison, 4 October 2025. A dry moat that protected the inner ward of Hara Castle, Minamishimabara. Although the castle itself is now gone, this dry moat, which has widened due...
