Images

A map illustrating the location of notable towns and the distribution of rulers and heroes as mentioned in Homer's Iliad, retelling the final year of the Achaean (Ancient Greek) War against the city of Troy in western Anatolia. The Trojan...

A portrait by Anthony van Dyck of William Laud (1573-1645) who was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 by Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

A painting of Simon the Zealot. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper. Created by James Tissot (1936-1902) between 1886-1894. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA

A photo showing St. Simon the Zealot's cave in Abkhazia, Georgia.

Detail of the mosaic portraying the apostle Judas the Zealot, currently called Judas Tadeo. The Baptistery of Neon, Ravenna, Italy.

Carved wooden boomerang, with one end roughly triangular. Originally from Tirunelveli. Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

A photo presenting The St. Michael's Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It is one of the most representative monuments of Gothic architecture in Transylvania. The foundation of the church was laid in 1316 by order of Charles I of Hungary...

A miniature presenting Atreus and Thyestes from Greek mythology. Anonymous artist, c. 1410. Geneva Library, Geneva, Switzerland

Marke (Rufus Sewell) and Isolde (Sophia Myles) as depicted in the 2006 motion picture Tristan + Isolde.

The Mausoleum Chapel of Potocki Family in Pechera, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Built in 1904 according to the project of Władysław Horodecki, the decorations were made by Emilio Sala. The chapel was designed on the form of a Latin cross...