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Kekrops Looking on as Gaia Gives Erechtheus to Athena
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...
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Terracotta Figurine of a Baking Woman
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...
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Trial Notice of John Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read
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...
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Jolly Roger of Calico Jack
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.
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Anne Bonny Cigarette Card
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)
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Anne Bonny and Mary Read
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...
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Anne Bonny
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...
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Dedication to Hadrian by Legio X Fretensis
Inscription set up by the soldiers of Legio X Fretensis to coincide with the official visit of Hadrian to Aelia Capitolina in 130 CE. Israel Museum, Jerusalem. "To the Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, son of the deified...
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The Siege of Constantinople, 1453
The Siege of Constantinople, 1453. Illustration by Jean Le Tavernier accompanying a translation by Jean Miélot of Bertrandon de la Broquière's Voyage d'Outre-Mer. Full-page miniature, MSS fr. 9087, at folio 207 vv., created after 1455...
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Mehmed II Conquering Constantinople
Mehmed II conquering Constantinople, oil on canvas painting by Fausto Zonaro, 1903.
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul.
