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Attila the Hun in Battle
Attila and his Hordes Overrun Italy and the Arts; detail from the library of the Palais Bourbon in Paris.
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Diogenes in Search of an Honest Man
An 18th century CE painting showing Diogenes of Sinope looking for an honest man (Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein - Nagel Auktionen)
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Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar
Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar.
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Original Saltman Mummy
The original Saltman, the first of six well-preserved bodies found in a salt mine near Zanjan, Iran. This man lived c. 1750 years ago, and his mummy was discovered by miners in 1994.
National Museum of Iran, Tehran.
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Saltman's Leather Boot
The leather boot belonging the Saltman found by the miners with parts of the leg and the foot is still in the boot. The boot is displayed in the National Museum Tehran. (Image 2)
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The Murder of Boniface
The oldest known depiction of the murder of St. Boniface, from a manufactured sacramentarium around 975 CE in Fulda. Gottingen, Universitätsbibliothek Hs. 231, f. 87R. From: Algemene Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden I (Haarlem...
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Fulda Monastery
The Monastery of Fulda, Hesse, Germany.
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St. Boniface (Der heilige Bonifatius)
St. Boniface or Der heilige Bonifatius, Painting (1832 CE) by Alfred Rethel.
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Paikuli Tower
The tower lies on a hill near Barkal, a modern village south-west of Lake Darband-i-Khan, Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. It was set up as a monument commemorating the victory of the Sassanian king Narseh over his nephew Warham III...
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Large Menhir, Carnac Alignments
A section of the Carnac Alignments in north-west France. These granite stone menhirs were placed in long parallel lines sometime between 5,000 and 3,000 BCE. Their purpose was most likely as markers of processional...
