Images

A stern view of the German battleship Bismarck which saw action and was sunk in 1941. (German Federal Archives)

A map showing the route taken by the German battleship Bismarck prior to its sinking in May 1941.

North American barn owl in flight.

The Desert Cottontail Rabbit, found in the western regions of the United States.

Reconstructed temple, built on top of original Roman harbour temple foundations. LVR Park, Xanten.

Bust of future Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 CE) as a successor to the throne, c. 138-144 CE. Altes Museum, Berlin.

Painted brick from Baba Jan, Luristan, Iron Age III, c. 850 to 550 BCE. National Museum of Iran, inv. no. 6735 This terracotta tile with a painted wheel is one of the c. 200 mural bricks that once decorated the “ceremonial rooms” of the...

Rijksdaalder silver coins from the Batavia (1629) shipwreck. Geraldton Museum, Western Australia.

The defensive position and lookout post constructed in 1629 on West Wallabi Island, Houtman Albrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia, built by Wiebbe Hayes and his men, who had been stranded on the island during the massacre of the Batavia...

Shipwreck of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company vessel that was wrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629. Plate 2, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien, by F. Pelsaert, F., & Vliet, J., 1647. State...