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Pompey's Pillar
Pompey's Pillar, constructed 298-302 CE, Alexandria, Egypt.
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Napoleon in Aachen by Henri-Paul Motte
A painting (dated 1898) of a fictionalised event in which Napoleon (1769-1821) looks upon Charlemagne's imperial crown in Aachen, Germany, to symbolise the continuity between one European conqueror and another...
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Astronomical Diagram of the Lunar Eclipse
A diagram created by the famous Iranian polymath Al-Biruni (973 – after 1050) depicting a Lunar Eclipse.
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Doctrine of the Two Swords from the Sachsenspiegel
An illumination from the Sachsenspiegel, a German book of customary law, compiled somewhere between 1220-1235. The image depicts Christ giving one sword to the Holy Roman Emperor and another to the...
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Map of the Islamic Conquests in the 7th-9th Centuries
This map illustrates the rise and rapid expansion of Islam from the time of the Prophet Muhammad (622–632 CE) through the great caliphates of the 7th to 9th centuries. Beginning in Arabia, the new...
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Roman Erotic Oil Lamp
A Roman terracotta oil lamp depicting an erotic scene between two women. From Anatolia. c. 1st Century BCE. (British Museum)
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Kylix with Men Courting Youths
Red-figure kylix depicting same sex courtship. The men offer gifts such as flowers and wreaths to indifferent youths. Attributed to the Douris Painter, c. 480 BCE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Kinnari
Depiction of kinnari, half bird, half human divine musicians in Buddhism, on the porch at Vat That, Luang Prabang, Laos.
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Dance to the Berdache
Dance to the Berdache, drawing by George Catlin, c. 1861-1869. National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C. Drawn while on the Great Plains, among the Sac and Fox Indians, the sketch depicts a ceremonial dance to celebrate...
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Kylix with a Bathing Scene
Red-figure kylix depicting youths at the baths in a homoerotic scene. Attributed to the Codris Painter, c. 430 BCE. Attica, Greece. (British Museum)
