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The second Roman emperor Tiberius face-recreation.

Amerigo Vespucci was a brave, Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived.

A photo showing the son of Odin avenging his father's death. The scene is depicted on the Gosforth Cross, located in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Gosforth, Cumbria. The cross depicts several scenes that may be related to Norse mythology.

Golden-plated gorytos (quiver) found in Macedonian Tomb II of Vergina, Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece. The tomb is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. Located at Archaeological Museum...

Iron core of linothorax with golden buckles found in Macedonian Tomb II of Vergina, Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece. The tomb is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. Located at Archaeological...

Re-enactors of the Sealed Knot, an English Civil Wars (1642-51) group demonstrating the volley-fire tactics of musketeers.

A replica of a 17th-century matchlock firing mechanism on a musket. Typical equipment for musketeers during the English Civil Wars, this mechanism required a lit fuse to be dropped into a firing pan of priming powder which in turn set off...

An illustration of a 17th-century musketeer loading his weapon. From a series of engravings in a Dutch 1608 arms manual The Exercise of Arms. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

An example of a 17th-century flintlock firearm mechanism. A piece of flint was held in the vice which the trigger pulled down to strike a metal bar which created a spark to ignite the priming powder which then set off the main charge of gunpowder...

A drawing of a typical 17th-century musketeer. Musketeers were a standard component of European infantry armies of the period and particularly during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). Ink and watercolours. Drawn in the 19th century. (British...