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Funerary horse decorations. 3rd Century BCE. Associated with the Paryzyk culture, Russia. (Amsterdam Hermitage)

The Pazyryk burials are a series of Iron Age Scythian tombs in the Ukok Plateau, Siberia. The tombs are dated to between the 4th and 3rd Century BCE.

This photo-realistic interpretation of Queen Mary I of England reconstructs her appearance based on contemporary artworks. Made using Artbreeder, an AI powered neural network.

Reenactors of Legio V Alaudae in Porolissum, Romania, 2018.

A detail of a caravel ship belonging to a fleet under the command of João Serrão. From the 1566 Livro das Armadas (Academy of Sciences, Lisbon)

A map of the world drawn by Juan de la Cosa (c. 1450-1510). Made in 1500 on leather-backed parchment. (National Naval Museum of Madrid)

A map illustrating migrations of various peoples across fractured Europe and Western Asia after the division of the Roman Empire at the end of the 4th Century CE.

A model of a 15th-century Portuguese caravel with lateen sails. The caravel was an important element of Portugal's ambitions to build an empire. (National Maritime Museum, Paris)

Built in 1888, the Hotel Eilean Iarmain is located on the tip of the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Knock Castle was built by the Clan MacLeod in the 15th century. Its ruins are located on the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.