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Mencius in the album Half Portraits of the Great Sage and Virtuous Men of Old. The full album consists of sixty leaves. It includes 120 notable Confucians, spanning from the Spring and Autumn period (c. 772-476 BCE) up to the Yuan Dynasty...

A portrait of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland (1547-1619 CE). He wears an extravagant outfit that includes a glove pinned to his hat given to him by Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE). Painted by Nicholas Hilliard c. 1590 CE. (National...

Statue of Plato at The Academy of Athens, Greece's national academy and the highest research establishment in the country.

Mosaic of Paul receiving the Macedonian Call, while at the ancient city of Alexandria Troas Acts of the Apostles 16:8-10 Berea, Greece

The Agora, or Roman Forum, was the heart of the ancient city of Corinth. It is located south of the Temple of Apollo. In the background, the Acrocorinth, a monolithic rock overseeing the city (Greece).

Situated in North Greece at the border of East Macedonia and Thrace, ancient Philippi stood about 16 km N-NW of the port city Neapolis (modern Kavalla) and originally bore the name Krenides (from the Greek for “spring”) in recognition of...

The coat of arms of John Hawkins (1532-1595 CE). It was granted in 1565 CE following his second successful expedition to transport slaves from West Africa to the Americas.

An illustration of the carrack Jesus of Lubeck, used by John Hawkins (1532-1595 CE) to transport slaves from West Africa to the Americas in the 1560s CE. Anthony Roll, 1546 CE. (British Library, London)

Text of 7th volume of Mozi or Mo Ti (墨子卷之七), as written at upper-right.

A c. 1581 CE portrait by an unknown artist of the English mariner, privateer and slave trader Sir John Hawkins (1532-95 CE). (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England)