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A portrait bust of the Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819). Watt, with his partner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), made significant developments to the design of steam engines during the Industrial Revolution...

This family tree shows all the rulers of Carthage mentioned in extant ancient Greek and Roman sources (and three from a Punic inscription) from circa 550 to 306 BCE. It also indicates the Carthaginian commanders...

Mosque at the top of Mount Sinai.

Photo of Mount Sinai near Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, taken 7 November 2009.

An 1801 oil on canvas painting, Coalbrookdale by Night, by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg. The scene captures the Bedlam furnaces at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England. (Science Museum, London...

Entrance to La Rochelle harbour, painting by Claude Lorrain, 1631. Louvre, Paris.

Chain Tower and Saint Nicholas Tower, La Rochelle, France.

A portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59), the British engineer and key figure of the British Industrial Revolution (1760-1840). By John Horsley, c. 1870. (From The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil...

Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon near Bristol, England. The bridge was based on a daring design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59). It was opened to the public in December 1864.

A 19th-century oil painting by Désiré François Laugée titled Sewing. (Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro)