Images

Portrait of Jacques Cathelineau (1759-1793), generalissimo of the Catholic and Royal Army during the War in the Vendee (1793-1796). Also known as the "Saint of Anjou", Cathelineau liked to lead his men from the front, a habit that cost him...

A digital reconstruction of what the Roman Baths of Odessos in modern-day Varna, Bulgaria may have looked like. Reconstruction created by NeoMam Studios, commissioned by QS Supplies.

Artist's impression of a Maya priest performing a temple ritual. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

The badge of the Bengal Presidency of the East India Company.

An illustration of the public trial of Warren Hastings (1732 - 1818) in Westminster Hall from 1787. Hastings was a colonial administrator and the first Governor-General of the East India Company. He was impeached by Parliament for corruption...

A c. 1783 portrait by Joseph Zoffany of Warren Hastings (1732 - 1818), the colonial administrator and first Governor-General of the East India Company. Courtesy of the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, Yale University...

Portrait of Yamaga Sokō (1622-1685), by an unknown artist, Edo period, Japan.

Woodblock print depicting the courtesan Chojiya-uchi Chozan with her young attendant (kamuro) and friend preparing to smoke, by Suzuki Harunobu, Japan, 1765-1770.

Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World by Bob Brier.

Siege of Maastricht by a French Republican army under General Miranda, February-March 1793 during the War of the First Coalition. The siege was abandoned at the approach of an Austrian army, leading to the Battle of Neerwinden on 18 March...