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Scale model of the Honmaru and Ninomaru Palaces of Edo Castle, as they would have appeared during the late Tokugawa Shogunate. (Edo-Tokyo Museum, Japan)

Mito Castle was established in 1214, during the Kamakura Period in Japan. The castle was damaged by a fire in the 18th Century, and was destroyed during the Meiji period. Ruins of Mito Castle's moat and a few other structures remain. In Mito...

A photo of Nihonmatsu Castle Gate. The castle was first established in 1341, but was rebuilt in 1643. The castle was demolished during the 19th Century Meiji Restoration, but parts were rebuilt during the 20th Century. Northern Fukushima...

The ruins of Taga Castle, in Tagajō, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The oldest monumentary inscription from Taga Castle dates to 724 CE, but new fortifications were built on the site in later centuries. Taga Castle was subject to human conflict...

Aoba Castle (also known as Sendai Castle) was built in 1611. The castle was repeatedly damaged by natural disasters such as earthquakes and fires, particularly during the 17th Century, as well as human conflict. Several structures, including...

Morioka Castle in Iwate Prefecture, Japan was built in 1633, during the Edo Period. The castle's tenshi burned down only one year after its completion, and was never rebuilt. The castle's structures were dismantled in the late 19th Century...

The Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Sites are a series of hilltop fortifications built by the Ainu. The earthen palisades were built between the 16th and 18th Century, and are associated with the 1789 Menashi–Kunashir rebellion. Hokkaidō, Japan.

Banquet scene in a fresco from Herculaneum, Italy. The woman wears a transparent silk gown while the man to the left raises a rhyton drinking vessel. Made c. 50 BCE, during the Late Roman Republic. Le Musée absolu, Phaidon. 59 (23 in) x 53...

Bust of Zeno of Elea, print by Jan de Bisschop, based on a bust by an unknown artist, 1666 - 1671. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

An illustration of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1469-1524) as the viceroy of Portuguese India, an appointment made in 1524. (Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu, Pierpont Morgan Library, M.525)