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Minoan limestone sarcophagus, c. 1400 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. This painting appears on one of the two longer sides of the sarcophagus. It shows a sacrificial procession, part of a funerary ritual, with a woman offering...

The Aalen Roman Fort was a Roman military camp on the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, a World Heritage Site in Germany. It was built in the 2nd century CE and was the largest cavalry garrison north of the Alps. The garrison was home to 1,000...

Ray Stevenson as the English pirate Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach (d. 1718) in the TV series Black Sails. © 2014 Starz

The east fort (Ostkastell) at Welzheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The site has been designed as an archaeological park with replicas of Roman stone monuments and explanatory plaques about Roman Welzheim. The fort was built in 160 CE and...

Zach McGowan as the English pirate Charles Vane (d. 1721) in the TV series Black Sails. © 2014 Starz

An early 18th-century engraving showing the hanging of the Barbadian pirate Stede Bonnet in South Carolina in November 1718. (From an edition of 'A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates' by D. Defoe/Charles...

Brick Stamp of Legio I Adiutrix. Terra Sigillata-Museum, Rheinzabern.

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the Barbadian pirate Captain Stede Bonnet (d. 1718) and his capture off the Carolinas. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

The Altuna rune stone, showing the fishing trip of Thor when he fights the Midgard Serpent, Jörmungandr, Altuna, Uppland, Sweden.

This map illustrates the maritime routes of Spain’s Treasure Fleets and the network of Caribbean ports and pirate havens around 1670. It captures the tension between imperial commerce and maritime raiding, showing both the logistical arteries...