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A 1920 illustration showing the fight to the death between the pirate Blackbeard (aka Edward Teach) and Lieutenant Robert Maynard. In the battle at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina on 22 November 1718, Blackbeard was finally killed by five...

A Limes wooden tower replica (Wp 12/77) in Rainau (Germany). It was constructed in 2008 and stands near the foundation remains of two stone towers excavated in 1969 and showing the different construction phases of the limes in Raetia.

Boethius and Lady Philosophy, a hand-painted illustration from an early print of Boethius' (c. 477-524/5) Consolation of Philosophy, Ghent, 1485. Library of Congress, Washington D. C.

Map of the Roman provinces and frontiers during the reign of emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE).

Jael, Deborah, and Barak, oil on panel painting by Francisco Goya, c. 1630. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.

One of the flag designs used by the Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts (aka Black Bart Roberts, c. 1682-1722). The design shows Roberts drinking with the Devil.

A pirate flag (often attributed to the pirate Christopher Moody) showing typical symbols of death. Various combinations of such symbols - weapons, a bleeding heart, hourglass, wings, skull and crossbones - were used by pirates on a black...

Peaceful & Wrathful Deities of the Bardo, ground mineral pigment on cotton, Tibet, 18th century. Rubin Museum of Art, New York

An engraving from c. 1724 of Stede Bonnet, the notorious Barbadian pirate (d. 1718). This version of the Jolly Roger flag was not actually flown by Bonnet but by the British pirate Richard Worley (d. 1718). (From an edition of 'A General...

A colourised engraving from c. 1724 of Bartholomew Roberts (aka Black Bart Roberts), the notorious Welsh pirate (c. 1682-1722). The illustration shows the various flags Roberts flew to bring fear and capitulation from his victims. (From an...