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The main tower of Osaka Castle in Japan, built 1584.

Kanazawa Castle in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan in 1580.

Hiroshima Castle in Japan was built in 1589 CE.

Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture, Japan was completed in 1504.

Okayama Castle in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The castle was built in 1597. The main tower was replicated in 1966 after being destroyed during World War II.

Detail of a 1st Century CE fresco depicting Hipparchia of Maroneia (l.c. 350 – 280 BCE). From the garden of the Villa Farnesina, Museo delle Terme, Rome.

An early modern reimagining of the philosopher Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE). From the 1580 CE book Illustrium philosophorum et sapientum effigies ab eorum numistatibus extractae, by Girolamo Olgiati. Reprinted 1583.

A Roman fresco depicting Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE) and Crates of Thebes (l. c. 360 – 280 BCE). 1st Century CE. From the Villa Farnesina, Museo delle Terme, Rome.

This map illustrates the sweep of Viking exploration between the late 8th and early 11th centuries, charting longship routes from Scandinavia to the British Isles, Normandy, Iberia, Russia, the Mediterranean, and across the North Atlantic...

This iron lamellar armour and mail shirt was created in Goryeo (modern-day Korea) during the 14th Century.