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A detail of a 19th-century fresco showing Anaxagoras (l. c. 500-c. 428 BCE), the Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who claimed the First Cause of existence was Mind (nous). By Eduard Lebiedzki, after a design by Carl Rahl. (National and Kapodistrian...

Christ and Sinner, painting by Henryk Siemiradzki, 1873. Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg.

Drävle Runestone, showing Andvari's ring, the Andvaranaut. Sweden, Enköping Municipality, Altuna parish.

Gold finger-ring, engraved with a runic inscription, three letters continuing on inside of the hoop, found near Carlisle, England, dated to the 8th-10th century. The British Museum, London

The Late Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1200–1150 BCE) marks a period of profound political and economic breakdown across the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. Highly interconnected palace-based societies, dependent on centralized...

Gideon and His Three Hundred, illustration from a Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company, 1907.

The Sacrifice of Gideon, oil on canvas painting by Hendrik Heerschop, 1653. Museum of John Paul II Collection, Warsaw.

Moses, Gideon, Elijah, and Samuel by il Baciccio. Pendentive of the dome of the Gesù, Rome.

The prophet Gideon with the roll of fleece in his hands as depicted on a Greek Catholic icon in the 18th century. Greek Catholic Cathedral of Hajdúdorog, Hungary.

Adoration of the Magi, distemper on canvas painting by Andrea Mantegna, c. 1495-1505. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.