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View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia
Svaneti is a historic province in the northwestern part of Georgia on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The region has a high content of gold in its rocks and river alluvium, which may have been the source of gold for...
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Trialeti Chalice from Georgia
The Trialeti Chalice, a silver cup from Trialeti, made by people who belonged to the ancient Trialeti-Vanadzor culture, 18th or 17th centuries BCE. The cup is decorated with two processional friezes. The upper frieze shows a procession of...
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Statue of Adam Smith, Edinburgh
A statue of Adam Smith (1723-1790) the Scottish philosopher and economist in Edinburgh. Sculpted in bronze by Alexander Stoddar.
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Adam Smith by Park
An 1845 portrait bust by Patric Park of Adam Smith (1723-1790) the Scottish philosopher and economist. (Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow)
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Adam Smith c. 1800
The Muir portrait of the Scottish philosopher and economic theorist Adam Smith (1723-1790). Painted c. 1800 by an unknown artist. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)
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Ruins inside Archaeopolis (Nokalakevi), Georgia
Ruins inside the Byzantine Fortress of Archaeopolis (Nokalakevi) and the 6th-century CE Forty Martyrs’ Church, originally built as an aisled basilica and later reconstructed several times and turned into a dome church. Archaeopolis is a...
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Byzantine Fortress of Petra Justiniana, Georgia
The interior of the Byzantine fortress of Petra Justiniana on the Black Sea in modern-day Georgia near Batumi. As the name suggests, it was built by Emperor Justinian I in 535 CE. The interior of the fortress includes the ruins of a Byzantine...
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First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress, held by delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies of North America from 5 September to 26 October 1774. The mural depicts Patrick Henry delivering a speech during the Congress at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia...
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The Able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught
A political cartoon meant to protest the Intolerable Acts of 1774; it depicts a Mohawk woman, representing America, held down and force-fed tea by a man labeled as 'the Boston Port Act'. From Emmet Collection of Manuscripts Etc. Relating...
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Byzantine Fortress of Archaeopolis (Nokalakevi), Georgia
Archaeopolis is a Byzantine city-fortress in ancient Lazica (Colchis) in modern-day western Georgia commanding the junction of the River Tekhuri and a strategic route to the north. Archaeopolis played a pivotal part in the 6th-century CE...
