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Slave Market in Wall Street, New York City, c. 1730
Slave market in Wall Street, New York City, c. 1730. Drawing published in A History of the American People (1902-1903), attributed to Harry Fenn.
New York Public Library Digital Collections.
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Sculpture of Xolotl, Mexico City
Head of the Aztec god Xolotl. Collection of National Anthropological Museum, Mexico City.
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The Arrival of George Washington at New York City, April 30, 1789
The Arrival of George Washington at New York City, April 30, 1789, oil on canvas by Arsène-Hippolyte Rivey, 1870.
New York Historical Society.
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City of Enna
A contemporary view of the Sicilian hilltop city of Enna, which stand 931 meters (3,054 feet) above sea level.
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Roman City under Attack
This is a modern watercolour sketch of how a Roman city under attack may have looked like.
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Sunken City of Simena
View on the ruins of the sunken city of Simena in ancient Lycia, modern-day Turkey. Photo provided by Peter Sommer Travels and republished with permission.
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Roman City Being Conquered
Illustration from the computer game At the Gates by Conifer Games.
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City Gate, Empuries
A gate in the Roman wall of Empuries, Spain. 1st century BCE. The base of the wall was made using calcareous rock while the upper portion is of Roman concrete (opus caementicium).
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City Wall of Metropolis
Metropolis (Modern-day Torbali, Turkey) was a Greco-Roman city that was situated between two of the great cities of antiquity, Ephesus and Smyrna. The city possibly dates back to the Bronze Age since there are Hittite hieroglyphics that date...
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Assyrian Soldiers Attacking the City of -alammu
This gypsum wall relief depicts part of the Assyrian attacking wave on the city of -alammu. Archers shoot at the town. Spearmen (left) work their way towards the walls. The name of the city was inscribed completely, but only the last part...
