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17th Century Tortuga
Image by Unknown Artist

17th Century Tortuga

A 17th-century illustration of the buccaneer and pirate base of Tortuga, located on the northwest coast of Hispaniola (modern Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
Roman Forum in the 5th Century BCE
Image by Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers

Roman Forum in the 5th Century BCE

A painting of the Roman Forum as it probably would have appeared in the 5th Century BCE. By Vilius Petrauskas. Courtesy of Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.
British Isles at the Beginning of the 10th Century
Image by Ikonact

British Isles at the Beginning of the 10th Century

British Isles in 10th century represented with the coastline at the time.
Detail of a 6th-century Elephant Mosaic
Image by Carole Raddato

Detail of a 6th-century Elephant Mosaic

Detail of a 6th-century mosaic floor that used to decorate the pavement of the peristyle court of the Palatium Magnum, the Great Palace of Constantinople. The Great Palace Mosaic Museum houses mosaics from the Byzantine period, unearthed...
16th century CE Desk with Lute, Globe and Books
Image by Hans Holbein the Younger

16th century CE Desk with Lute, Globe and Books

A detail of a mid-16th century CE painting by Hans Holbein the Younger showing a desk with a lute, globe and books. From 'The Ambassadors', c. 1533 CE. (National Gallery, London)
Rank Badge with Qilin (Late 17th Century)
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Rank Badge with Qilin (Late 17th Century)

Rank badge with qilin, silk and metallic thread embroidery on plain-weave silk patterned in gauze, by an unknown artist, China, late 17th century China. This embroidered rank badge is from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and was used to indicate...
East Roman Empire, 6th century CE
Image by William R. Shepherd

East Roman Empire, 6th century CE

East Roman Empire, 6th century CE, showing the territories of the Avars, Goths, Franks, Lombards, Saxons, Thuringians, Slavs.
Janissary Uniform, Early 19th Century
Image by John Heaviside Clark

Janissary Uniform, Early 19th Century

Illustration of a Janissary's uniform, drawing by John Heaviside Clark, included in Thomas McLean's The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot, plate 5, 1818. This image of an early...
5th Century BCE Demareteion Coin
Image by Gina Pardo

5th Century BCE Demareteion Coin

An illustration of the so-called Demaretéion is a silver coin of ancient Syracuse (weighing around 43 g) rather rare and worth 10 drachmas. It is also known as a pentekontalitron because it was equivalent to 50 litrae (the litra was a silver...
18th-century Mughal Miniature Quran
Image by Victoria & Albert Museum

18th-century Mughal Miniature Quran

A miniature Qur'an in vellum binding. Mughal Empire, 18th century. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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