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Qvevri, Neolithic Terracotta Wine Jar
Terracotta wine jar, known as qvevri, with a capacity of approximately 100 litres (26 gal), the earliest Neolithic evidence for the beginnings of a wine culture in which wine dominated social and economic life...
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Gold Buckle with Beasts Fighting Scene
Gold buckle with garnet, amber, and turquoise featuring a scene of beast fighting. This gold buckle is one of the most important pieces of the Gonio Treasure, dated to the 1st-2nd century CE. Its style approaches...
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Anaximander World Map
The Greek philosopher Anaximander of Miletus (l. c. 610 to c. 546 BCE) is credited with having drawn the first map of the world, which was circular in form and showed the three continents of Europe, Asia and Libya (Africa...
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Gold Diadem with Temple Rings
Gold diadem with temple rings featuring lions attacking a wild boar. From Vani (grave 6), an archaeological site from Colchis located in the Imereti region of Georgia. Dated to the first half of the 4th century BCE...
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Mary Shelley by Rothwell
An 1830s oil on canvas portrait by Richard Rothwell of Mary Shelley (1797-1851), author of Frankenstein. (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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Title Page, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
The title page of A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). The book, first published in 1792, called for greater educational opportunities for women and equality with men...
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Jews Being Burnt at the Stake
Jews being burnt at the stake in Augsburg, 1422, S 23 fol. 71 in the Illustrated Chronicle by Diebold Schilling of Lucerne (Luzerner Schilling), 1513.
Korporation Luzern, Switzerland.
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Mary Wollstonecraft, c. 1790
A c. 1790 oil on canvas portrait by John Opie of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), the feminist writer. (Tate Britain, London)
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Map of the Hellenic Leagues and Hegemonies, 4th century BCE
The political landscape of the Hellenic world shifted dramatically in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE), a conflict that ended with Sparta’s victory but left the Greek city-states...
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Good King Wenceslas Stamps
A series of British postage stamps showing the story of Good King Wenceslas as he appears in the Christmas carol of that name. Issued in November 1973.
