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An 1874 oil on canvas, Molesey Weir, Hampton Court, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. Here Sisley uses a variety of brushstrokes and has them in varying directions to give the picture dynamism and the...

It is said that Chester is the richest city in Britain in terms of archaeological and architectural treasures. One of the finest strategic outposts of the Roman Empire, it is one of the few walled cities left in Britain today. Rachael Lindsay...

The central cultural value of ancient Egypt was ma'at – harmony and balance – which maintained the order of the universe and the lives of the people. Keeping balance in one's life encouraged the same in one's family and, by extension outward...

The ancient Egyptians experienced the same wide array of disease that people do in the present day, but unlike most people in the modern era, they attributed the experience to supernatural causes. The common cold, for example, was prevalent...

Protestant pilgrims on the deck of the ship Speedwell before their departure from Delfthaven, the Netherlands in 1620 CE. had studied art in Italy and taught art at the military academy at West Point. Oil on canvas 548 x 365 cm (18 x 12...

The Hundred Years' War is one of the central conflicts of the Medieval era and many animated historical documentaries were made about it, and although the battles like Crecy, Poitiers, Agincourt, Orleans, Formigny and Castillon are very interesting...

Landing of Henry Hudson, 1609, at Verplanck Point, New York, oil on canvas by Robert Walter Weir, 1835. The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, Christie's.

"Embarkation of the Pilgrims", a painting by Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889 CE). It depicts a group of Pilgrims departing Holland aboard the Speedwell, which transported them to Dartmouth where they rendezvoused with the Mayflower in 1620...

The Great Sioux War (also given as the Black Hills War, 1876-1877) was a military conflict between the allied forces of the Lakota Sioux/Northern Cheyenne and the US government over the territory of the Black Hills and, more widely, US policies...

A monument commemorating the Battle of Naseby (14 June 1645) in Northamptonshire during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). The battle was won by the Parliamentarians.