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Birth of Heimdall by Carl Ehrenberg
An 1882 CE engraving, titled "Heimdallr Lifted by his Mothers, the Nine Wave Maidens" by German artist Carl Ehrenberg (1840-1914 CE). The illustration depicts the Norse god Heimdall being born. Published in Nordisch-germanische Götter und...

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Iktomi Tales
Iktomi (also known as Unktomi) is a trickster figure of the lore of the Lakota Sioux nation similar to tricksters of other nations, such as Wihio of the Cheyenne, Nanabozho (Manabozho) of the Ojibwe, Coyote of the Navajo, or Glooscap of the...

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Gustav Holst by Rothenstein
A 1920 portrait of the British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) by William Rothenstein.
Taken from, Music & Letters (Oxford University Press) Vol. 1, No. 3 (July, 1920), pp. 181-190.

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National Geographic Live! - Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo: The Statues That Walked
Easter Island archaeologists Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo offer a radically different theory of the island's history. Upcoming Events at National Geographic Live! http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/ Read the Book http://www.thestatuesthatwalked.com/The_Statues_That_Walked/Home.html...

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Gustav Mahler by Bieber
A detail of an 1892 photograph by E. Bieber of the Bohemian-Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911).

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Gustav Holst, 1921
A 1921 photograph of the British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) by Herbert Lambert. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

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Grave of Gustav Mahler
The grave of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in Grinzing, Austria.

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Gustav Mahler by Nähr
A 1907 photograph by Moritz Nähr of the composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Taken in Vienna.

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Carl Sagan, The Ionians and the Birth of Science
Cosmos A Personal Voyage The Ionians and the Birth of Science
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Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the English translation of the Tibetan texts known as bar-do thos-grol (Bardo Thodol) – “Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State” – and serves as a guide for the soul of the deceased after...