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Hekate Goddess of Magic
Hekate, painting by Maximilian Pirner, 1901. A depiction of the Greek goddess Hekate, or Hecate, with her many symbols and faces in an art nouveau style. She is associated with the domains of magic, witchcraft, night, light, crossroads...
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Map of Europe on the Eve of World War I, Early 1914
Europe on the eve of World War I was defined by a volatile mix of alliance politics, imperial rivalry, and rising nationalism. The continent was divided into two heavily armed blocs, the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, binding the...
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Map of the Cradles of Early Civilization - Global Pathways to Agriculture, Urban Centers & Early States
A map of the cradles of early civilization. The pathways toward early civilization between c. 12,000 and 1,000 BCE were neither uniform nor linear. In the wake of the last Ice Age, climatic change encouraged communities in different parts...
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Map of the Growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire
The rise and spread of Christianity (1st–5th centuries CE) traces the transformation of a small, decentralized religious movement in Roman Judea into a faith that reshaped the political, social, and cultural foundations of the Roman world...
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Caligula Deposits His Mother's Ashes in the Tomb
Caligula Depositing the Ashes of his Mother and Brother in the Tomb of his Ancestors, oil on canvas painting by Eustache Le Sueur, c. 1647. Depicted here is Emperor Caligula as he places the ashes of his mother Agrippina the Elder and brother...
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Agrippina and Germanicus
Agrippina and Germanicus, oil on panel painting by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1614. Here, Rubens depicts Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus, a power couple of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty in the early years of the Roman Empire. National Gallery...
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Portrait of Agrippina the Elder
Marble portrait of Agrippina the Elder (Agrippina Major) from the 1st century CE, photograph by Didier Descouens, 11 May 2023.
National Archeological Museum of Venice.
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Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus
Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, oil on canvas painting by Benjamin West, 1768. Depicted here is Agrippina the Elder in late 19 CE as she returns to Brundisium bearing the ashes of her husband Germanicus while...
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The Classical Orders of Architecture - From Greece to Rome, the Five Pillars of Architectural Design
The five classical orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite, form a codified system of proportion, decoration, and structural logic that emerged in the Greek world (c. 7th–4th centuries BCE) and was later adapted...
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Ruins of Uruk
The Uruk archaeological site at Warka in Iraq, photo by SAC Andy Holmes (RAF), 2008.
