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Gold buckle with garnet, amber, and turquoise featuring a scene of beast fighting. This gold buckle is one of the most important pieces of the Gonio Treasure, dated to the 1st-2nd century CE. Its style approaches that of animal depictions...

The Greek philosopher Anaximander of Miletus (l. c. 610 to c. 546 BCE) is credited with having drawn the first map of the world, which was circular in form and showed the three continents of Europe, Asia and Libya (Africa) surrounded by the...

Gold diadem with temple rings featuring lions attacking a wild boar. From Vani (grave 6), an archaeological site from Colchis located in the Imereti region of Georgia. Dated to the first half of the 4th century BCE. Photo taken in...

An 1830s oil on canvas portrait by Richard Rothwell of Mary Shelley (1797-1851), author of Frankenstein. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

The title page of A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). The book, first published in 1792, called for greater educational opportunities for women and equality with men. (Library of Congress)

Jews being burnt at the stake in Augsburg, 1422, S 23 fol. 71 in the Illustrated Chronicle by Diebold Schilling of Lucerne (Luzerner Schilling), 1513. Korporation Luzern, Switzerland.

A c. 1790 oil on canvas portrait by John Opie of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), the feminist writer. (Tate Britain, London)

A map illustrating the Hellenic world's dynamic political landscape in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) and the emergence of numerous leagues and hegemonies. These alliances formed among city-states and regions to navigate...

A series of British postage stamps showing the story of Good King Wenceslas as he appears in the Christmas carol of that name. Issued in November 1973.

A 19th-century painting showing carol singers in Ukraine by Mykola Pymonenko (aka Nikolay Kornilevich Pimonenko, 1862 - 1912). (Kherson Regional Art Museum, Ukraine)