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The Vale Four Gospels from Georgia
Image by James Blake Wiener

The Vale Four Gospels from Georgia

This is a festive and richly illuminated codex-type manuscript made of Persian and Italian watermarked paper. Written (or copied) in the Georgia Nuskhuri script by Zosime from Vale at Samtskhe Atabegs court scriptorium around 1514 CE, this...
Boeotian Four-handled Bowl
Image by Dana Murray

Boeotian Four-handled Bowl

While this class of bowl typically bears bird motifs on the outside, this example, dating to the mid-sixth century BCE, features the stylistic representation of plants and geometric motifs instead. The inside simply features simple banding...
Odysseus’ Ten-year Journey Home
Image by Simeon Netchev

Odysseus’ Ten-year Journey Home

A map illustrating the journey home of the Achaean warrior-king Odysseus after the Trojan war. His travel from Troy to Ithaca (and his wife Penelope) took innumerable twists and turns and lasted ten years. Ever since Homer's Odyssey was written...
Prairial Uprising of Year III
Image by Félix Auvray

Prairial Uprising of Year III

Uprising of 1 Prairial Year III (20 May 1795) against the policies of the Thermidorian Reaction during the later stages of the French Revolution (1789-1799). Here, the insurrectionists wave the severed head of Jean-Bertrand Féraud in the...
Morning of 10 Thermidor Year II
Image by Lucien-Étienne Mélingue

Morning of 10 Thermidor Year II

The Morning of 10 Thermidor Year II depicts a wounded Maximilien Robespierre on the last morning of his life, jaw shattered, lying on the centered table. He and his allies would be executed later that day. Oil on canvas by Lucien-Étienne...
Year Formulae of King Shulgi of Ur
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Year Formulae of King Shulgi of Ur

Terracotta tablet listing the year formulae of King Shulgi of Ur. From Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, Ur III period, 2094-2047 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.
East Asia in the year 1 CE
Image by Stone Chen

East Asia in the year 1 CE

This map shows the boundaries of all major civilizations in East Asia at the beginning of the first millennium, with italics indicating nomadic bands and other tribal societies.
Three Kingdoms Period of China and the Rise of Xianbei in the year 229 CE
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Three Kingdoms Period of China and the Rise of Xianbei in the year 229 CE

This map depicts the boundaries of all major civilizations in East Asia at the beginning of the Three Kingdoms Period of China, with italics indicating nomadic bands and other tribal societies. Following the collapse of Han Dynasty in 220...
Formulas for Year Names of the Kings of Ur
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Formulas for Year Names of the Kings of Ur

This fragment of a clay tablet mentions certain formulas of naming years depending on major historical events. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Early dynastic period, 2800-2300 BCE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.
The History of New Zealand's Matariki: Maori New Year and Star Cluster
Video by Kelly Macquire

The History of New Zealand's Matariki: Maori New Year and Star Cluster

Matariki is the name of a star cluster that can be seen from New Zealand in the early morning of the months in mid-winter. New Zealand's Matariki is the name for the Maori New Year and the star cluster. It is one of the brightest star clusters...
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