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The supernatural entity/trickster-spirit Iktomi (Unktomi) depicted sitting in human form in front of a fire cooking ducks. Image taken from modern artist Gertrude Spaller's illustration of the story of Iktomi and the Ducks included in The...

An 1886 oil on canvas, Fire at the Riverbank, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. Painted in Brittany using the quickly applied brushstrokes typical of the impressionism technique. (Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza...

Saint Basil (c. 330 - c. 379 CE), also known as Basil the Great and Basil of Caesarea, was a bishop of Caesarea in central Asia Minor who staunchly defended the church against the 4th-century CE heresy of Arianism. Basil's writings on monasticism...

A 19th century CE painting by Edouard Cibot showing Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536 CE), the second wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) prior to her execution in 1536 CE in the Tower of London. (Musée Rolin, Autun, Burgundy, France)

A typical medieval toilet or garderobe. Tower of London. 11th century CE.

A photograph showing children being evacuated from the East End of London during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing barrage balloons over London. The balloons were tethered on wires and deterred low-flying aircraft which could become entangled in them. Balloons were used to protect cities and important sites during the Second World...

An aerial view of the Tower of London castle, first built c. 1077-1110 CE by William the Conqueror. The castle was then extended and modified over the subsequent centuries.

The White Tower of the Tower of London castle, first built c. 1077-1110 CE by William the Conqueror.

A photograph taken during the London Blitz of 1940-1 showing the inside of a community air raid shelter built under railway arches. (Imperial War Museums)