Images

"Balanced Rock" in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. This is the sort of boulder, perhaps, featured in The Turning Stones, one of the Wihio tales of the Cheyenne nation.

Cheyenne model teepee (tipi) c. 1860, photograph of a by John Bigelow Taylor. The model teepee is made of buffalo skin and decorated with images of running horses just as a full-sized Cheyenne teepee would have been.

Researcher, historian, and writer George E. Hyde (l. 1882-1968), auto-portrait taken by himself in his study at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, 1959.

Anglo-Cheyenne interpreter and historian George Bent (l. 1843-1918), image taken by an unknown photographer on 22 October 1916. National Park Service

Memorial of the 26 Martyrs of Japan in Nagasaki, who were executed for their Christian beliefs in 1597, after Japan had outlawed the religion. Canonised by the Catholic Church, the martyrs were tortured before their execution, with the event...

Francis Xavier, painting with Latin and Japanese writing by an unknown artist, 17th century. Kobe City Museum, Japan.

Luristan Bronze artefact from Iron Age II or III, c. 950-650 BCE. National Museum of Iran, Tehran. Acc. no. 3915, Photograph by Nima Fakourzadeh (Baloot Noghrei) In archaeology, the cast objects with bronze decorations...

A map showing the layout of Fort Ticonderoga (known as Fort Carillon at the time) in 1758, around the time of the Battle of Carillon. Map restored by Matt Wade.

A print depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga, 10 May 1775. By John Steeple Davis, 1875. Originally published in The Aldine: the Art Journal of America. (New York: The Aldine Co., 1868-1879) New York Public...

Ethan Allen demands the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga 'in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress' on 10 May 1775. Print, c. 1869. New York Public Library, Emmet Collection of Manuscripts Etc. Relating to American...