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The Arthurian canon is a body of medieval legends, romances, chronicles, and poetic traditions centered on King Arthur, a semi-legendary ruler associated with post-Roman Britain and the defense of Britain against Saxon expansion. Emerging...

U.S Marines sail into Inchon Harbor during the Korean War, photograph by U.S. Army, Harry S. Truman Library, Missouri, September 15, 1950. National Archives and Records Administration.

Two unidentified United Nations soldiers take a smoke break while fighting in South Korea, photograph by Gene Putnam, Harry S. Truman Library, Missouri, c. 1951. National Archives and Record Administration.

The missions of Saints Cyril and Methodius transformed the religious and cultural development of Central and Eastern Europe during the 9th century. Sent by Michael III (reign 842-867) from the Eastern Roman Empire (“Byzantine Empire”) to...

The First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (reign 1804-1814; 1815) marked the peak of French political and military dominance in Europe following the French Revolution (1789-1799). Through the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon reorganized much...

A photograph of a refugee Boer family with their possessions by a railway track. Taken during the Boer War (1899-1902). Photograph taken by William Skeoch Cumming. Imperial War Museums

A c. 1901 photograph of the British concentration camp at Barberton during the Boer War (1899-1902). LSE Library, London.

A photograph of a torched Boer farm, a result of British scorched-earth tactics during the Boer War (1899-1902) after the Boers had adopted guerrilla tactics.

A photograph of the British concentration camp at Bloemfontein during the Boer War (1899-1902). The UK National Archives.

Gypsum alabaster eye idol from the Middle Uruk period, c. 3700-3500 BCE, Tell Brak, Syria. Many similar artifacts have been found at Tell Brak; they were likely amuletic objects honoring the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal, wife of Nanna, or...