Images

This reconstructed limes stone watchtower (Wp 1/68) at Hillscheid (Germany) is considered the most accurate reconstruction of a watchtower that stood on the Roman frontier in German territory. The stone towers were built around 150 CE and...

The RömerWelt is the official Limes Information Centre for the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is located in Rheinbrohl, south of Koblenz in Germany. RömerWelt introduces visitors travelling on the German Limes Road to the broad topic of...

Apulian stemless cup (fragment) depicting a processional dancer bringing cake offerings, c. 350-325 BCE. The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, Reading. acc. no. 22.3.24 In ancient Greece, bringing offerings to gods and goddesses...

Gaia offers Erichthonios to Athena, with Kekrops watching. Clay relief from Melos, c. 460 BCE. Illustration from Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie by Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher, 1890. Kekrops, the mythical...

Terracotta figurine of a woman kneading pieces of bread or pancake, c. 500-475 BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. This clay statuette shows a woman baking bread as one of her daily chores. That she is less likely to...

The November 1720 trial notice of John Rackham (aka 'Calico Jack'), Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Issued as part of a pamphlet by the authorities of Jamaica a few days after the trial. All three were found guilty. Rackham was hanged but the two...

The Jolly Roger of 'Calico Jack', aka John Rackham (d. 1720). The English captain, who was active in the Caribbean, had Anne Bonny and Mary Read amongst his crew.

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny, active in the Caribbean in 1719-20. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A colourised engraved print by Benjamin Cole showing the Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny and the English pirate Mary Read, both active in the Caribbean in 1719-20. (Appeared in an early edition of 'A General History of the Robberies and Murders...

A 1725 Dutch print showing the Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny, active in the Caribbean in 1719-20. (Appeared in an early edition of 'A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates' by Daniel Defoe/Charles Johnson...