Images

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a cherub. These multi-headed beings appear in Abrahamic religions where they often function as attendant angels. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a ziggurat, a standard feature of temple complexes in ancient Mesopotamia. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing an ancient aqueduct. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

A 16th-century print by Theodor de Bry showing indigenous peoples gaining revenge on Spanish Conquistadores in the Americas by pouring molten gold down their throats. (From Grand Voyages Accounts to the Americas, and to Africa and the Orient...

A 17th-century painting by Juan de la Corte showing a Spanish galleon under attack. (Museo del Prado, Madrid)

Epiphanius of Salamis, Clement of Rome, Gregory the Theologian, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, and Archdeacon Stephen, 11th-century mosaic, restored in the 18th century (oil painting on the lower part) Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv.

Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia (r. 1889-1913) and his attendants, German postcard, approximately 1905.

Monastery of Debre Libanos founded by Saint Tekla Haymanot in 1284. Photo by Walter Mittelholzer, published in his book Abessinienflug (Trip to Abysinnia), 1934. ETH Library, Zürich.

Map featuring the approximate boundaries of the Zagwe Dynasty and its most prominent neighbours around the beginning of the 13th century.

The Battle of Adwa (1896), oil on canvas painting by an unknown artist in Ethiopia, 1940s. The British Museum, London. The battle is hugely important in the history of Ethiopia, cementing national pride (at least among Amhara...