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Relief of the Lion Horoscope from Mount Nemrut
Relief of the famous Lion Horoscope from the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut. It depicts a lion with stars on his body and a crescent moon on his chest. It has been argued that the scene might represent a kind of horoscope, one of the oldest...
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Ertugrul Cavalry Regiment of the Mansure Army
A 20th-century CE painting depicting the Ertugrul Cavalry Regiment (named after the father of Osman (r. 1299-1326 CE), the founder of the Ottoman Empire) of the Ottoman Mansure (Victorious) army that had replaced the obsolete janissaries...
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Suleiman the Magnificent
Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566), also known as Suleiman the Lawgiver, oil on canvas by Tiziano, c. 1530 CE.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
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Path to Mount Nemrut
The start of the 600-metre climb to the top of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey.
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John Sigismund of Hungary with Suleiman I
An Ottoman court artist's impression of the Hungarian King John Sigismund Szapolyai (r. 1540-1551 CE; 1556-1570 CE) paying homage to the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificient (r. 1520-1566 CE), in 1556 CE at Zemun (part of modern-day...
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Asia Minor in the Early 1st Century CE
Map of Asia Minor in the early 1st century CE with the Kingdom of Commagene as a Roman client state.
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The Marriage of the Virgin by Raphael
The Marriage of the Virgin painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE). Around 1504 CE. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy)
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Chateau de Chambord & Cosson River
Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE on the banks of the Cosson River, a tributary of the Loire.
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Chateau de Chambord, Front Facade
Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE.
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Chateau de Chambord
Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE.
