Images

An ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States, North-west of the river Ohio, a draft of the Ordinance of 1787. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Gold bowl depicting Dionysus, from Gandhara, c. 2nd century BCE. Islamabad Museum, Pakistan.

Neolithic clay altar figurine of a mother goddess from Tumba Madzari, North Macedonia, the second half of the 6th millennium BCE. Archaeological Museum of the Republic of Macedonia, Skopje. Tumba Madzari...

A photograph taken in January 1943 showing Corporal John Henderson of the Scots Guards during the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa in the second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

The shoulder flash of the British 7th Armoured Division showing a jerboa, a small rodent with a long tail that is native to the deserts of North Africa and Asia. The badge gave the division its lasting nickname, the 'Desert...

A photograph taken in October 1942 showing a British soldier watching the approach of a sandstorm in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken in May 1941 showing a British soldier protecting himself against a sandstorm during the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

Cheyenne warrior Mochi ("Buffalo Calf", l. c. 1841-1881), pictured on the right, took up arms against US government forces after surviving the Sand Creek Massacre of 29 November 1864...

Sand Creek Massacre site marker, 1985, characterizing the event as a "battle".

Arapaho dress made from tanned leather, silk ribbon, and glass beads, c. 1940. Joe Grandee Collection, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City.