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Namdaemun Gate in Seoul, South Korea, built during the Joseon Dynasty.

A detail from an Attic red-figure krater showing Helen of Troy. Made c. 450 BCE. (Louvre, Paris)

A sculpture showing the birth of Helen of Troy. Helen's mother was Leda who was seduced by Zeus when he was disguised as a swan. Limestone, made in the 5th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Metapontum, Italy)

A detail of a scene from an Attic spouted krater perhaps showing the abduction/elopement of Helen of Troy with Paris which sparked off the Trojan War. Other interpretations include Ariadne and Theseus as the two figures. Made c. 735 BCE...

Statue of Roger Williams (l. 1603-1683 CE), founder of Providence, in the Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island.

Stilicho, a Vandal, the Roman magister utriusque militiae. Illustration from The Roman Soldier by Amédée Forestier, 1927 CE.

Copy of an ivory dyptich, likely depicting Stilicho (365-405 CE) with his wife Serena and his son Eucherius, c. 395 CE. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz.

The Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico, c. 100 CE. Teotihuacan was the largest, most influential, and certainly most revered city in the history of the New World, and it flourished in Mesoamerica's Golden Age, the Classic Period of the...

A representation of the feathered-serpent god Kukulkan at the base of the Castillo or Pyramid of Kukulcan at the Maya (and possibly later Toltec) centre of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. The pyramid was built prior to 1050 CE.

The Castillo or Pyramid of Kukulcan at the Maya (and possibly later Toltec) centre of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. The pyramid was built prior to 1050 CE as a temple to honour the Maya feathered-serpent god Kukulkan. The steps create a...