Images

Buffalo Dance in San Ildefonso, New Mexico, 1893, photo by Edwin Deming, published in The American Museum journal, New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1900.

Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge. In Mih-Tutta-Hankush, illustration by Karl Bodmer from the book Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the...

Beautiful Prairie Bluffs, Upper Mississippi, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1835-1836. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1837-1839. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

Sioux Worshiping at the Red Boulders, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1837-1839. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

A microscope of the type invented by the English scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703). Made between 1671 and 1700. The device on the left, designed by Hooke, is a scotoscope which helped better illuminate the specimen under...

A posthumous portrait of the celebrated scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. Painted by Rita Greer in 2009. (Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University)

Various types of corn (maize). Photo by Keith Weller. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Lahore Fort, Pakistan, called Shahi Qila (meaning "Royal Fort") in Urdu, was originally built in the 11th century, then destroyed and rebuilt several times. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.

A board showing the tools commonly used by stone masons in the Middle Ages in Europe. On display at Guédelon castle in Treigny, Burgundy, France.