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Duane W. Roller is Professor Emeritus of Classics at The Ohio State University and the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World, Cleopatra: A Biography, Cleopatra's Daughter...

A model of the Portuguese carrack Madre de Deus (aka Madre de Dios) which was a treasure ship captured by Engish privateers in the Azores in September 1592 CE. The ship, laden with treasure from the East Indies, was the richest prize ever...

The Crucifixion by Gerard David, c. 1495 CE.

Stained glass from St Edmundsbury Cathedral.

The Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio, 1603 CE Uffizi, Florence

Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert by Francois-Joseph Navez, c. 1820 CE Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Medieval stained glass detail from the Victoria & Albert museum in London, believed to show the Circumcision of Isaac.

Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham by Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Sarai (Sarah) Is Taken to Pharaoh's Palace by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, c. 1896-1902 CE. Jewish Museum, New York

A portrait by Nicholas Hilliard of Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618 CE), the English courtier, soldier, mariner, explorer and historian. (National Portrait Gallery, London)