Search Results: Eastern mysticism

A colour print of an illustration by Robert Charles Dudley showing the SS Great Eastern laying the first Atlantic telegraph cable in 1865-7. The steamship was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) and completed in 1858. It was the...

A pair of bronze swords from the Eastern Zhou dynasty, China, 5th-3rd century BCE. (British Museum, London)

The Assyrian Empire and the Region about the Eastern Mediterranean, 750-625 BC.

Part of the eastern wharf of the inner harbor, Caesarea Maritima, Israel.

A bronze, double-edged straight sword from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Decorated with turqoise and gold. Warring States Period, c. early 5th century BCE. China. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute)

A photograph taken in September 1941 showing a Nazi Einsatzgruppen killing squad executing Jewish women near Dubossary in Soviet Moldavia. (Imperial War Museums)

It shows ancient Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania in 1300 BC.

This exceptional mosaic likely comes from the floor of a house or public building. It reflects the Late Romand and Early Byzantine taste for intricate and colorful designs. It dates from c. 325-350 CE and is made of limestone tesserae. The...

Eastern cottontail rabbit, Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA. Photo by Gareth Rasberry, 2013. The rabbit is understood as a trickster figure by many Native American nations, including the Cherokee, whose rabbit...

Donggwoldo (Painting of the Eastern Palaces), painting depicting the Chandeok and Changgyeong Palaces in Seoul, South Korea, by an unknown Joseon artist, c. 1828 CE. Dong-A University Museum, Busan.