EditorialBelagerungstechnik, Illustration of Siege Techniques from the 16th century, Fig. 1, p. 21 v, 1529, Battista Della Valle: Vallo libro continente appertinentie ? capitanii, retenere & fortificare una citt? con bastioni [...]. Libro secondo. [Venedig]: [N...
EditorialCopy Negative - Interior View of the Industrial & Technological Museum, Melbourne, 1870, Copy of photographic negative showing interior of the new Industrial and Technological Museum (Science Museum) in 1870. The Museum was established in 1870 under Co...
EditorialSetophaga tricolor, Print, The palm warbler is a member of genus Setophaga. Setophaga is a genus of birds of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It contains at least 33 species. The males in breeding plumage are often highly colorful. The Setophaga...
EditorialBrachyramphus marmoratus, Print, The marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a small seabird from the North Pacific. It is a member of the auk family. It nests in old-growth forests or on the ground at higher latitudes where trees cannot grow. I...
EditorialSetophaga mitrata, Print, The palm warbler is a member of genus Setophaga. Setophaga is a genus of birds of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It contains at least 33 species. The males in breeding plumage are often highly colorful. The Setophaga ...
EditorialSetophaga tricolor, Print, The palm warbler is a member of genus Setophaga. Setophaga is a genus of birds of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It contains at least 33 species. The males in breeding plumage are often highly colorful. The Setophaga...
EditorialVanga damii, Print, The Vangidae family (from vanga, Malagasy for the hook-billed vanga, Vanga curvirostris) comprises a group of often shrike-like medium-sized birds distributed from Asia to Africa, including the vangas of Madagascar to which the fami...
EditorialAmphora with a winged figure of Nike from tomb 78 at Amathus, Cyprus; Greek, c540-c520 BC. Black-figured pottery vessel with an image of Nike, goddess of Victory, with a wreath. This could have been a container for a special liquid, for the storage of ...
EditorialThe silver mines on Siphnos. Inside a gallery. Chipped rocks and traces of miners' axes reveal primitive mining techniques. Silver was mined on Siphnos since the 2nd millenium BCE and made the tyrants of the island important princes until the mines wer...
EditorialThe silver mines on Siphnos. Inside a gallery. Chipped rocks and traces of miners' axes reveal primitive mining techniques. Silver was mined on Siphnos since the 2nd millenium BCE and made the tyrants of the island important princes until the mines wer...
EditorialHistory by Polybius. Volume II. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francoi...
EditorialFragment of a Column Krater (Mixing Bowl). Greek; Corinth; Attributed to the Cavalcade Painter. Date: 580 BC-570 BC. Dimensions: H. 25 cm (9 7/8 in.); w. 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). Terra-cotta, decorated in the black-figure and outline techniques. Origin: Corinth.
EditorialBedcover (Log Cabin Quilt). United States, Pennsylvania, Shermans Dale. Date: 1825-1850. Dimensions: 220 x 217.1 cm (86 5/8 x 85 1/2 in.). Cotton and wool, in a variety of weaves and printing techniques; made of pieced strips; edged with quilted plaid ...
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.