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A print watercolour of Caernarfon Castle in Wales by J.M.W.Turner. Painted in 1833 CE. Size: 27.8 x 41.8 cm. (British Museum, London)

A painting of the Trung Sisters (c. 12 - 43 CE), Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, during their revolt against Chinese Han Dynasty in 40 CE. The Trung Sisters are frequently depicted atop war elephants in battle, as in this painting.

This map shows all the major roads in the Roman Empire. This map was created for Ancient History Encyclopedia using the Antiquity A-La-Carte application by the Ancient World Mapping Center at UNC Chapel Hill under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC...

A photo showing the Colosseum (also known as Flavian Amphitheatre) in Rome, Italy.

A 16th Century CE painting of Harun al-Rashid (r. 786 - 809 CE), caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.

The chapel of Saint John the Baptist in the White Tower of the Tower of London. The chapel was built in the late 11thc century CE.

An aerial view of the Tower of London castle, first built c. 1077-1110 CE by William the Conqueror. The castle was then extended and modified over the subsequent centuries.

A 15th century CE illustration of the Tower of London castle, first built c. 1077-1110 CE by William the Conqueror. (British Library, London)

The Imperial State Crown of the monarchy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island. Used in coronations and other state events, it contains the famous Black Prince’s ruby (actually a balas or spinel), the Cullinan II diamond...

Philoctetes, wounded, is abandoned by the Greek expedition en route to Troy, detail of an Attic red-figure stamnos, c. 460 BCE. Louvre, Paris.