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The ancient Theatre of Iol Caesarea (modern Cherchell in Algeria) was probably built during the time of Juba II (c. 48 BCE-23 CE). The orchestra was modified towards the end of the 2nd century CE or the beginning of the 3rd century CE to...

An 1871 oil painting of a steam hammer invented by the Scotsman James Nasmyth (1808-1890) in 1839 during the Industrial Revolution. The steam-powered machine lowered a weight onto an anvil using gears which allowed for both precision and...

Hebe x franciscana (Blue Gem) flower and leaves.

Hebe Giving Drink to the Eagle of Jupiter, oil on canvas by Gavin Hamilton, 1767. Height: 127 cm (50 in); width: 94 cm (37 in). Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, California.

Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter, by sculptors François Rude and Paul Cabet, 1852-1857. Dijon Museum of Fine Arts.

The Ricci Hydria, showing Hebe bringing Heracles to Olympus from earth upon his apotheosis, c. 530 BCE. National Etruscan Museum, Rome.

Portrait of Anna Pitt as Hebe, oil on canvas by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1792. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.

An 1854 diagram of the steam hammer invented by James Nasmyth (1808-1890) in 1839. The hammer used steam power to precision drop a weight which bent metal to specification. (From Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures...

A map showing the railway network in England and Wales in 1898. From Pitman's Commercial Geography of the World, London, 1898. (British Library, London)

Gold bees of King Childeric I (r. c. 458-481). The head and thorax are gold, the wings are encrusted with garnets. On the reverse, a clip. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.