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Sign depicting Emperor Joseph II at the plow, oil on metal, circa 1780-1790. This painting commemorates Joseph II's furrowing of farmer Andreas Trnka's field in Slavikovice, Moravia, on the evening of 19 August 1769...

Illustration depicting negotiations between Emperor Joseph II and Sultan Achmet IV, copperplate engraving, 1788. Although the engraving portrays the Ottoman figure as a "Sultan Achmet IV", the Austro-Turkish...

An allegorical illustration of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor's reforms, copperplate engraving by C. J. Mettenleitner, 1782. Vienna Museum.

An allegorical illustration of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor's arrival in Elysium, the afterlife, copperplate engraving by Johann Hieronymus Löschenkohl, 1790. Vienna Museum.

Miniature portrait of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741-1790), enamel painting by Adam Ludwig d'Argent, c. 1780. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Main entrance gateway to the Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Built from 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal.

A detail of the intricate decoration on the facade of the Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Built from 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal. The decoration includes...

The Black Death was the catastrophic first great wave of the Second Plague Pandemic, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Ancient DNA links its pandemic lineage...

A side view of the Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Built from 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal.

Kumamoto Castle keep, photograph by Jan van der Crabben, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, September 2025. Originally built in the 17th century, the main keep of Kumamoto Castle was burned down during the Satsuma Rebellion...