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A c. 1862 oil on canvas painting, Fishing, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The couple on the right is the artist and his then mistress Suzanne Leenhoff. The work shows the artist's interest in painters like Peter...

A fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a fishing scene. From Utica, modern-day Tunisia. Late 3rd or 4th century CE. (The British Museum, London)

The Vikings did not use fishing reels or poles. Instead, they tied hooks to a fishing line made from sheep, cow, or walrus intestines, then pulled the fish up by hand. On a small rowing boat out on the open ocean, this was a very dangerous...

This mosaic is from the "House of Menander" in Pompeii and depicts two African men fishing. The work dates to the 1st Century CE and is currently in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples in Italy.

A Roman fishing spear from Empuries, Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Empuries)

These sinkers were attached to an ancient fishing rod found at the Shengavit Settlement and archaeological site (c. 3500-2200 BCE) in Armenia. (Shengavit Museum, Yerevan).

The Chinook Indian Nation resides in Washington and Oregon. They have lost rights to ancestral lands and cultural fishing practices. This video was created for the ANTH 317 North American Indian Cultures class during the Fall 2011 semester...

Jörmungandr is the Midgard Serpent (also World Serpent) in Norse mythology who encircles the realm of Midgard. He is the son of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboða and brother of the great wolf Fenrir and Hel, Queen of the Dead. At Ragnarök...

Magdala, known as Migdal in Hebrew (מִגְדָּל: tower) and also as Taricheae (Ταριχέα, from the Greek Τάριχος or tarichos: preserved by salting or drying fish), was an important fishing town during the first century CE on the western shore...

Alpine stilt houses are a unique and fascinating aspect of prehistoric architecture in the Alps, which provide valuable insights into the lives and culture of the ancient communities. The houses were built by prehistoric communities living...