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Maximilian I von Hapsburg and the Russian Delegation, print illustration by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, ca. 1514-1516. This print illustration is from a early proof for Der Weisskunig, a book hailing...

Maximilian I von Hapsburg Presented to Jesus, print illustration by Hans Springinklee, 1519. Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I von Hapsburg is depicted here kneeling in the center before Jesus. He is surrounded...

Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I von Hapsburg (detail), print illustration by unknown artist, c. 17th century. Maximilian I (b. 1459 - d.1519) ruled as King of the Romans and Holy Roman Emperor. He...

Land empires were expansive states whose rulers exercised authority over large, substantially connected territories and diverse populations. They grew through...

The Sasanian Empire (224–651), also known as Sassanian Persia, was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire and one of the great powers of Late Antiquity. Founded...

Painting of Christ in majesty, photograph by Alena Belova, Eastern Desert, Egypt, 22 September 2026. Depicted here is the apse painting of Christ in majesty in the Church of Saint Anthony at the Monastery...

Postern tunnel under Yerkapı, photograph by Alena Belova, Boğazkale, Türkiye, 16 November 2022. The corbel-vaulted postern tunnel pictured here, about 70 m long, runs beneath the artificial Yerkapı rampart at...

The Sphinx Gate on top of the Yerkapı rampart at the southern edge of the Upper City of Hattusa, photograph by Alena Belova, Boğazkale, Türkiye, 16 November 2022. Sphinx sculptures flank this passage at Hattusa, capital of...

The Lion Gate in the southwestern wall of the Upper City of Hattusa, photograph by Alena Belova, Boğazkale, Türkiye, 16 November 2022. Two lions carved from the massive gate stones (c. 14th-13th century BCE) guard the entrance...

Confederate General James Longstreet, photograph by E. & H. T. Anthony, 1862. DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, University Park.