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Medea on Her Chariot
Medea flying on her chariot, red-figure calyx-krater (mixing vessel), South Italian, Lucanian, c. 400 BCE.
Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Ancient Mesopotamia from Cities to Empires
A visual timeline illustrating the development of what most consider the “cradle of civilization” - Mesopotamia (meaning “the land between two rivers,” the Tigris and Euphrates) from the emergence of small tribal settlements in the Stone...
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The Jugdulluk Pass
An 1848 lithograph by James Rattray of the Jugdulluk Pass. The pass had to be negotiated during the notorious retreat from Kabul in 1842 by the East India Company army. (British Library, London)
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The Khyber Pass by Rattray
An 1848 lithograph by James Rattray of the Khyber Pass (between today's Afghanistan and Pakistan).
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Castle Philippsruhe
The Philippsruhe Castle on the Main is the oldest baroque castle east of the Rhine, built according to the French model. The construction of the main building began in 1701 on behalf of Count Philipp Reinhard. The castle complex is...
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Achilles Revealed Mosaic from Zeugma
The Achilles Revealed mosaic from Zeugma (southeastern Turkey) depicts Achilles (disguised as a girl) being discovered by Odysseus on Skyros island. The mosaic decorated the bottom of a pool with a waterspout in the impluvium of the House...
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The Last Stand of the Retreat from Kabul
An 1898 painting by William Barnes Wollen, 'The Last Stand', depicting the last stand of the British East India Company's disastrous Retreat from Kabul, 1842.
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Map of the East Coast from the River Thames to Edinburgh
Map of the East Coast from the River Thames to Edinburgh, from Great Britain's Coasting Pilot,ink on paper by Greenville Collins, c. 1682-1694. Probably drafted in 1682 but not published until 1693, this chart is the first to show with accuracy...
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Captain Christopher Gunman
Captain Christopher Gunman, oil on canvas, by an unknown artist, c. 1670–5. Gunman's right hand rests on the muzzle of a cannon, establishing him as the captain of a man-of-war. The loss of his left hand is discreetly hidden by his sleeve...
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Admiral Sir John Berry
Portrait of Admiral Sir John Berry, oil on canvas, Michael Dahl, c. 1689, painted a few years after the sinking of the Gloucester, by which time Sir John Berry had been made vice admiral of the red squadron. The ship in the background flying...
