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Engraved portrait of Kings of East Francia Charles the Fat (r. 876-887 CE), Holy Roman Emperor (r. 881-887 CE), and Louis III the Younger (r. 876-882 CE), by unknown creator, c. 1634-1643 CE. The British Museum, London.

The remains of the east gate (porta principalis dextra) of Birdoswald fort, the best-preserved fort gateway on Hadrian's Wall.

Pieter de Carpentier (1586-1659) - Governor General of the Dutch East Indies.

Map of the East Coast from the River Thames to Edinburgh, from Great Britain's Coasting Pilot,ink on paper by Greenville Collins, c. 1682-1694. Probably drafted in 1682 but not published until 1693, this chart is the first to show with accuracy...

A map depicting the divisions of the Islamic Empire during the second Islamic civil war - the Second Fitna. The dominions of the Umayyads, Zubayrids, Kharjites, Al Mukhtar and those regained by the Byzantines are shaded in colors as indicated...

This scene is part of a long tributary one where the Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE) receives Chaldean tribute from Musallim-Marduk, son of Ukani. On the right, a groom leads a pair of horses, unharnessed except for the halter by which...

This scene is part of a long tributary one where the Shalmaneser III (r. 858 - 824 BCE) receives Chaldean tribute from Musallim-Marduk, son of Ukani. The procession is headed by a bearded male figure (probably the prince). Before him...

This scene is part of a long tributary one where the king receives tribute from Qalparunda of the Land of Unqi (a Luwian Syri-Hittite state, also known as Pattin). Here, the Assyrian king, Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE), stands below a...

Constructed in 330-320 BCE, the entrance to the stadium is mostly hidden from view from the spectators in the stadium and the athletes entrance would have been all the more dramatic.

Goa, located on the west coast of India, was a Portuguese colony from 1510 to 1961. The small coastal area was conquered by Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453-1515) and became an important trade hub for the Eastern spice trade. Goa was the capital...