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Bronze figurine with Babylonian cuneiform inscription found in Luristan Province, c. 1000-900 BCE (Iron Age II), National Museum of Iran, Tehran, inv. no. 1408. Photo by Neda Tehrani (Baloot Noghrei) The cultural influence of Mesopotamia...

A photograph showing the trials on the Kent coast using the bouncing bomb in the spring of 1943. The bomb was designed for use in Operation Chastise of the night of 16 May 1943. The operation, also known as the 'Dam Busters' Raid, was carried...

A 1944 photograph of Guy Gibson, VC, DSO, DFC (1918-44), most famous as the Squadron Leader of Operation Chastise of the night of 16 May 1943. The operation, also known as the 'Dam Busters' Raid, was carried out by a squadron of British RAF...

The breached Möhne dam in the Ruhr basin, Germany, after Operation Chastise of the night of 16 May 1943. The operation, also known as the 'Dam Busters' Raid, was carried out by a squadron of British RAF Lancaster bombers using a special bouncing...

Funerary stela of a mining boy from Hispania Citerior, 1st century CE. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid.

Château de Goulaine, Haute-Goulaine, Loire-Atlantique, France. In the 12th century, Jean de Goulaine, Captain of the city of Nantes, reinforced the property to protect it from attack, and it is still surrounded by marshes today. Since then...

Château de Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, France. Although the château de Talcy already existed in the 13th century, the château as we know it today owes a lot to the family of Florentine banker Bernard Salviati, who bought it in 1517. It was to Salviati's...

Château de Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. A simple fortified tower in the 11th century, the château was transformed over the centuries to become the gem we can admire today. In the 16th century, the castle was transformed into a...

Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Formerly known as the Manoir du Cloux, the Château de Clos Lucé was originally built in 1471 as a former fiefdom of the Château d'Amboise. Passing through several hands before being purchased...

Pocket portrait of John Laurens (1756-1782), a colonel in the Continental Army and aide-de-camp to George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. Watercolor on ivory by Charles Willson Peale, 1780. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian...