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French Foreign Legion, Bir Hakeim
A photograph showing members of the French Foreign Legion who fought at the battle of Bir Hakeim in June 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Map of Western Desert Campaigns
A map of the principal locations involved in the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45).
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The Scramble for Africa after the Berlin Conference, 1885
The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, also known as the Congo Conference, was convened by European powers to regulate colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. Led by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck at the request...
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The Vision of Saint Bruno
The Vision of Saint Bruno, oil on canvas by Pier Francesco Mola, c. 1660.
Getty Center, Los Angeles, California.
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Saint Bruno the Carthusian
Saint Bruno, oil on panel by Girolamo Marchesi, c. 1525.
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Grave of Michel Foucault
Grave of Michel Foucault in the Vendeuvre-du-Poitou cemetery.
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Michel Foucault
French philosopher Michel Foucault at the University of the State of Guanabara, 1974.
Brazilian National Archives.
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Early X-ray
X-rays were discovered in 1895 by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923). This is an early X-ray, taken in 1897, of a 30-year-old woman who was fully dressed when the X-ray was taken. Image from p.180 of The American X-ray...
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An X-Ray with an Early Crookes Tube Apparatus
Two men taking an X-ray with an early Crookes tube apparatus from the late 1800s. Illustration from The X-ray, or Photography of the Invisible and its Value in Surgery by William J. Morton and Edwin W. Hammer. American Technical Book...
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Portrait of W. C. Röntgen after a photograph by Nicola Perscheld, 1906.
Wellcome Collection.
