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Mesopotamian Eye Idol
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...
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Ten Longest Reigns in History - Power Across Generations - Monarchs Who Ruled for Decades
Across recorded history, the duration of a ruler’s reign has depended as much on circumstance as on personal authority. In hereditary monarchies, early accession, often...
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Battle of Majuba Hill
The Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881, illustration by Richard Woodville, Jr., Illustrated London News, 5 March 1881.
The battle was won by the Boers during the First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1).
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General Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill
An illustration from an 1881 issue of the Illustrated London News showing General Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill. The battle was won by the Boers during the First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1).
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Roman Temple of Diana in Mérida
Temple of Diana, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Mérida, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 01 August 2025. The so-called Temple of Diana is a Roman temple built between the end of the 1st century BCE and the beginning...
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Pegasus in Adramytteion, Ören
Pegasus sculpture, photograph by Sena Bolek, 2026. The sculpture of the mythical winged horse Pegasus stands on a dark marble pedestal beneath large sunlit trees. The statue is located right next to the ancient city...
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Map of the Suez Canal at its Opening, c. 1869 - Engineering, Empire, and the Remaking of Global Trade
The opening of the Suez Canal on 17 November 1869 marked a major transformation in global maritime commerce, linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas through a...
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Map of Jeanne d’Arc's Campaigns and The Hundred Years' War - Dynastic conflict, civil war & French resurgence, 1429–53
The Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453) was a prolonged dynastic and territorial conflict between the kingdoms of England and France, shaped by disputes...
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Map of Rome's Civil War (49–45 BCE) - Caesar’s Campaigns and the Collapse of the Roman Republic
The Roman Civil War (49-45 BCE) was a decisive conflict that transformed the Roman Republic and accelerated the transition from republican government to autocratic...
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Members of a Boer Commando
Members of a Boer commando during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) in Southern Africa, c. 1900.
