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Native American burial mound, associated with the Cherokee nation, in the Cherokee Boulevard median of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. The plaque on the rock reads: This mound was constructed by Native Americans between A.D. 900-1100 and contains...

Buddha in the preaching pose, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century. Islamabad Museum, Pakistan.

Limestone statue of Ptolemy XII (r. 80-51 BCE), c. 55 BCE. Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria.

Relief from the Temple of Horus at Edfu, depicting Ptolemy XII (r. 80-51 BCE) smiting his enemies. 1st century BCE.

A silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy XII (r. 80-51 BCE), minted in Alexandria, Egypt. National Library of France, Paris.

Roman blue-glass cinerary urn, from Luguvalium (Botchergate, Carlisle), 1st century CE. Carlisle Cathedral. Burning the body after death and keeping the bones and ashes in the cineraria (funerary urns) was a deeply rooted cultural tradition...

Monument at Battle Canyon in Scott County, Kansas, site of the Battle of Punished Woman's Fork during the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878. Photograph by Ammodramus, 2015.

Chief Justice John Marshall, around the time of the Aaron Burr treason trial, engraving by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, c. 1808. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

A monument marking the birthplace of US Chief Justice John Marshall, near Germantown, Virginia. Photo by Jwalk1230, 2013.

The US Capitol Building around the year 1800, before it was burnt by the British in 1814 during the War of 1812. The Capitol Building housed both the US Congress and the Supreme Court. Painting by William Russell Birch, c. 1800.