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Matsumae Castle in Hokkaido, Japan was built in 1606.

The main tower of Osaka Castle in Japan, built 1584.

Kanazawa Castle in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan in 1580.

Hiroshima Castle in Japan was built in 1589 CE.

Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture, Japan was completed in 1504.

Okayama Castle in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The castle was built in 1597. The main tower was replicated in 1966 after being destroyed during World War II.

Detail of a 1st Century CE fresco depicting Hipparchia of Maroneia (l.c. 350 – 280 BCE). From the garden of the Villa Farnesina, Museo delle Terme, Rome.

An early modern reimagining of the philosopher Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE). From the 1580 CE book Illustrium philosophorum et sapientum effigies ab eorum numistatibus extractae, by Girolamo Olgiati. Reprinted 1583.

A Roman fresco depicting Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE) and Crates of Thebes (l. c. 360 – 280 BCE). 1st Century CE. From the Villa Farnesina, Museo delle Terme, Rome.

A map illustrating the far-reaching voyages and settlements of the Vikings during the 8th to 11th centuries, spanning much of Europe, the North Atlantic, and parts of North America. Viking explorers and traders traveled as far west as Newfoundland...