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A 19th-century illustration showing the Parliamentarian general the Earl of Essex returning to London after the First Battle of Newbury during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). The battle in September 1643 was indecisive but it did prevent...

Wooden lyre with a tortoiseshell soundbox, restored from remains, found in Athens, dated to the 5-4th century BCE. The British Museum, London

A replica of Hermione, a 32-gun frigate famously sailed by the Marquis de Lafayette (l.1757-1834) to the United States in 1780. Rochefort, France.

The troop dispositions of the Royalists (red) and Parliamentarians (blue) at the indecisive First Battle of Newbury in September 1643 during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). (1844 illustration by Walter Money)

A 19th-century painting of a castle siege during the Early-modern period. Painted by Christian Sell (1831-83).

A map illustrating the dominant religious divisions in Europe as the Reformation revolution in the Catholic church burned through Europe in the 16th century. Meanwhile, at the edges of the continent, the Islam introduced to the Balkans by...

Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, coloured engraving by Emile Delperée (1850-1896).

Eva Projectile Point from the Hatchie River Region in West Tennessee, Early Archaic Period, c. 8,000 BCE. Hatchie River Museum at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center. An Eva point is a medium-sized triangular Early Archaic...

Nutting stone from the Hatchie River Region in West Tennessee, Early Archaic Period, c. 8,000 BCE. Hatchie River Museum at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center. Nutting stones such as this were used to harvest mast, or...

A portrait of Nathaniel Fiennes (d. 1669). Fiennes commanded the garrison at Bristol during the English Civil Wars (1642-51) when the city was successfully stormed by Royalists led by Prince Rupert (1619-82) on 26 July 1643. (Broughton Castle...