Images

Eastern cottontail rabbit, Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA. Photo by Gareth Rasberry, 2013. The rabbit is understood as a trickster figure by many Native American nations, including the Cherokee...

This map illustrates the rise and development of the Bosporan Kingdom (c. 480 BCE – 341 CE), an ancient state located around the Bosphorus Kimmerios (Kerch Strait), encompassing parts of the eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula. Founded...

A photograph of an autograph taken during the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). The autograph was taken by David H. W. Smith, 1st Battalion London Rifle Brigade. (Imperial War Museums)

A group photograph taken during the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). The British troops are members of the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of a letter written by Alfred Dougan Chater describing the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken during the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). British troops from the Northumberland Hussars, 7th Division, Bridoux-Rouge Banc Sector. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken during the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). Possibly showing Riflemen Andrew (middle) and Grigg (second from the right, background) of the London Rifle Brigade with troops...

Replica of a 16th-century earthenware stove with decorative tiles from around Šenkvice. Slovak National Museum, Bratislava. Central European clay stoves emerged in the late medieval period as an evolution of the traditional...

An illustration of the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). This first appeared in the London Illustrated News and was drawn by Arthur Cadwgan Michael.

The contents of a Princess Mary's Gift Tin, given at Christmas to all soldiers and sailors in the Brtish armed forces in 1914 during the First World War (1914-18). Princess Mary (1897-1965), daughter of King George V (r. 1910-36), headed...