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The hydria, as its name indicates, was used almost exclusively for carrying water (Greek hydor), essential for everyday cleansing, ritual purifications and libations. 4th-century BCE. Made from bronze. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria)

The Raising of Lazarus, tempera and gold on panel by Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1310-11. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.

The 17th-century cabildo of Salta, Argentina. The cabildo was a local council established in towns during the Spanish colonial period.

A portrait of Antonio de Mendoza, the first viceroy of New Spain (Mexico and many surrounding territories) within the Spanish empire. He served from 1535 to 1550. (Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico City)

The facade of the National Palace in Mexico City, once seat of the viceroy of New Spain when part of the Spanish Empire.

The Compte Rendu Au Roi (1781) was the first account of French royal finances to go public. Its publication caused a sensation throughout Europe, as it was translated into 5 different languages. Its success caused its author, finance minister...

Portrait of Suzanne Curchod (1739-1794), oil on canvas by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, c.18th century. One-time fiance to British writer Edward Gibbon, Suzanne was the wife of France's popular finance minister Jacques Necker and the mother to...

The coat of arms of the European Principality Liechtenstein, which features a Harpy.

An illustration of a harpy in Ulisse Aldrovandi's Monstrorum Historia, Bologna, 1642.

An engraving of the harpies in the Forest of Suicides by Gustave Doré illustrating Canto XIII of Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri.