Early modern Europe: Did you mean...?

The earliest reports on the Sand Creek Massacre (29 November 1864) characterized it as a great battle in which the Third Colorado Cavalry under Colonel John Chivington defeated a large force of armed Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors. By the...

Stage, Cerulean Tower Noh Theater, Tokyo, Japan.

Explore the world of early Christianity through this 10-map collection, tracing the transformative journey of the Roman Empire as it embraced a new faith. Begin with the Roman Empire under Augustus (r. 27 BCE to 14 CE), setting the stage...

Modern replica of the Russian imperial crown, made as part of the Jewellery project "Creation of Imperial Crown of Russia in modern interpretation" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the diamond industry in Russia, using white gold (the...

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi. San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi. San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.

Representation of the Germanic god Ullr (Ull), a figure in Norse mythology, with a bow and skis. From an 18th Century Icelandic manuscript. Collection of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.

A collection of modern recreations of Stone Age tools. The picture above shows (from top right to bottom left): A hatchet with a wing spar, used for felling trees A straight hatchet for shortening smaller pieces of wood (with a piece...

A map indicating the approximate location of the ancient kingdom of Macedon and the modern political entities that area now covers.

A modern figure of a leprechaun, the diminutive fairy-goblin of Irish folklore. The youthfulness, hat and red beard are not typical of the medieval character.