Images

Marble plaque depicting a 'parturition', or birthing scene, excavated in Ostia, Italy, c. 400 BCE to 300 CE. Such scenes eased the fears of expectant mothers by depicting positive birthing images. During this time, midwives were female...

Ancient Roman relief carving of a midwife attending a woman giving birth. Wellcome Collection.

Ancient Roman relief carving of a midwife attending a woman giving birth. Wellcome Collection.

A map illustrating the geopolitical situation in the Levant after Herod the Great's death (an ambitious ruler appointed as the King of Judea by the Roman Senate in 37 BCE). The Herodian Tetrarchy, established by Herod the Great's will, divided...

A 1962 photograph showing a memorial for the tens of thousands of civilian victims of the bomber raid on Dresden in 1945 by the RAF and USAAF during the Second World War (1939-45). (Deutsche Photothek)

A photograph of USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses flying over Europe during the Second World War (1939-45).

A photograph showing the destruction after the bomber raid on Dresden in 1945 by the RAF and USAAF during the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing the destruction after the bomber raid on Dresden in 1945 by the RAF and USAAF during the Second World War (1939-45). (Deutsche Fotothek)

A 1786 map showing the defences and fortifications prior to the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina (29 March to 12 May 1780) during the American Revolutionary War. (From David Ramsey's "The History of the Revolution of South Carolina")

One of the most famous images of the Second World War, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press, was taken 23 February 1945 on the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima in the late stages of the Pacific War. The...