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Sioux holy man and leader Sitting Bull, oil on canvas portrait by Caroline Weldon, c. 1890.

Gathering of the Overmountain Men at Sycamore Shoals, TN, on 25 September 1780, just before the Battle of Kings Mountain. Black-and-white reproduction of a painting by Lloyd Branson, 1915, from the book Andrew Jackson and Early Tennesse History...

A diagram of the Battle of Kings Mountain (7 October 1780) by Damionpaulhart, 27 June 2017.

Miniature of Major Patrick Ferguson by an unknown artist, c. 1774-1777. Private collection.

The death of Major Patrick Ferguson during the Battle of Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780. Engraving after Alonzo Chappel, 1863. Anne S. K. Brown Collection at Brown University.

The garden and pool complex in Petra (Jordan) is an ornamental Nabataean garden situated on an artificial terrace west of the Great Temple and overlooking the main colonnaded street. It includes a large swimming pool, an island pavilion...

The Garden Triclinium in Wadi Farasa, a narrow gorge in Petra (Jordan) containing rock-cut monuments, including the Lion Fountain, the Garden Triclinium, the Roman Soldier Tomb, and the Renaissance Tomb. The original function of the Garden...

The colonnaded street of Petra (Jordan) marked the centre of the ancient city. A double row of columns lined the 6m-wide carriageway, and covered porticoes gave access to commercial shops on its south side. At the end of the colonnaded street...

Qasr al-Bint, one of the main temples in the Nabataean city of Petra (Jordan). It is located to the northwest of the Great Temple and is one of the best-preserved ancient structures surviving in Petra today. It was probably the cult centre...

Limestone bust of Zeus-Dushara from the courtyard enclosure of the Qasr al-Bint in the Nabataean city of Petra (Jordan). Dushara, the chief deity of Petra and the head of the Nabataean pantheon, was identified with the Greek god Zeus. This...