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The home of the US author Herman Melville (1819 – 1891) in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Melville lived here from 1850 to 1863. The building is now a museum dedicated to the author. (Library of Congress)

This map illustrates the Roman Emperor Hadrian’s journey through Achaea (123–125 CE). It was a significant episode in the reign of Hadrian, reflecting his admiration for Greek culture and his commitment to revitalizing the region. During...

The Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus, established in 63 BCE after the defeat of Mithridates VI of Pontus, was a prosperous and strategically significant region by 200 CE. Located in northern Anatolia along the southern Black Sea coast...

This map illustrates the Roman province of Asia around 200 CE. Established in 129 BCE following the bequest of the Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon to Rome, it encompassed western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). It was a wealthy and vibrant region...

The Roman province of Thrace, formally annexed in 46 CE, was a strategically important region of the Roman Empire by 200 CE. Situated in southeastern Europe (modern-day Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and European Turkey), Thrace's fertile...

A photograph of a number of the Nazi defendants at the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-6. Front row (L to R): Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachimvon Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel Rear row (L to R): Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach...

The first page of George Washington's Farewell Address, published on 19 September 1796 near the end of his second term as president of the United States. Image courtesy of the United States Library of Congress's Religion and the Founding...

Gold signet ring showing one female and two male figures before a temple, from Phourni, Crete, c. 1700-1450 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Minoan religion is characterized by the prominent role of female figures engaged in...

Silver coin from the Roman Crete, 97-117 CE. The British Museum, London. After the Roman conquest of Crete in 66 BCE, emperors sympathetic to Greek culture, such as Trajan and Hadrian, focused on renovating and developing public spaces...

An 1892 illustration of the whale Moby Dick from an early edition of the novel of that name by Herman Melville (1819 – 1891). By Augustus Burnham Shute.