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A hypodermic syringe made by Coxeter and Son of London c. 1860. Syringes were used in antiquity, but the true hypodermic syringe for injecting precisely measured liquids using a hollow needle was invented by the Scotsman Alexander Wood (1817-1884...

A map illustrating the gradual process of disintegration known as the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. During the Migration Period (a period of accelerated movement of peoples across Europe between the 5th and 9th centuries, also known as...

A cotton gin (machine), invented by Eli Whitney (1765-1825) in the United States in 1794 during the Industrial Revolution. The machine was used to clean raw cotton and separate it from sticky seeds by pulling the cotton balls through a comb...

The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by Auguste-Clément Chrétien, 1861.

A sculpture of Chiron and Achilles by Rinaldo Rinaldi, 1817. Cortile della Ca' d'oro, Venice.

The centaur Chiron teaching Achilles how to play the lyre, Roman fresco from Herculaneum. National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Decorated amphora in the British Museum. Figures suggested to be Achilles and Cheiron. Etruscan 500-480BCE. British Museum, London.

The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by Bénigne Gagneraux, 1785.

A portrait bust of the Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819). Watt, with his partner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), made significant developments to the design of steam engines during the Industrial Revolution. Sculpted by P...

This family tree shows all the rulers of Carthage mentioned in extant ancient Greek and Roman sources (and three from a Punic inscription) from circa 550 to 306 BCE. It also indicates the Carthaginian commanders in the seven Greco-Punic Sicilian...