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The archaeological site of Faqra in Lebanon, located in the Nahr El-Kalb valley region in the north of Beirut. Its most impressive ruins are of the monumental temple–sanctuary dedicated to a deity named Zeus Beelgalasos, the local Baal of...

The bronze Witham Shield from Celtic Britain. It measures 1.09 metres (43 in) in length and 34.5 centimetres (13.5 in) in width. Originally, it would have been attached to a wood or leather backing. The central boss has red coral and repoussé...

A detail of the bronze Witham Shield showing the central boss with its red coral and repoussé decoration. Britain, 400-300 BCE. (British Museum, London)

Portrait of Pocahontas (l. c. 1596-1617 CE, also known as Amonute, Matoaka), printed by Simon van de Passe, published by Compton Holland, 1616 CE. British Museum, London.

Statue of Pocahontas (l. c. 1596-1617 CE, also known as Amonute, Matoaka) in Gravesend, UK.

Baptism of Pocahontas, oil on canvas painting by John Gadsby Chapman, 1840 CE. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, D.C.

Pocahontas saving the life of Capt. John Smith, print by New England Chromo. Lith. Co., 1870 CE. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.

Odin's Last Words to Baldr, illustration from page 39 of The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Sæmund's Edda, edited and translated with introduction and notes by Olive Bray, illustrated by W.G. Collingwood, 1908 CE.

A panel from the Gundestrup Cauldron showing the sacrifice of three bulls by three warriors. There are also three hunting dogs and three felines, perhaps leopards The Gundestrup Cauldron was found in Denmark in 1891 CE but was produced in...

A panel from the Gundestrup Cauldron showing a female goddess with a wheel on either side of her. The figure may be Medb, a major Celtic goddess of territory, fertility and rulership. The figure is surrounded by exotic creatures which seem...