Images Dated 29th July 2005 (#32)

The Angel of the Lord on the stone of the sepulchre, 1897. Artist: James Tissot
The Angel of the Lord on the stone of the sepulchre, 1897. His countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow. Illustration by JJ Tissot for his Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ

Tarot Card of Death, the grim reaper, Noblet tarot, 17th century. A tarot pack of 22 cards was used in fortune telling

Tarot card of The Wheel of Fortune, Noblet Tarot, 17th century. A tarot pack of 22 cards was used in fortune telling

Tarot card of the Juggler or Mountebank, Parisian Tarot, 1500. A tarot pack of 22 cards was used in fortune telling

Jean Francois Champollion, French historian, linguist and Egyptologist, 19th century. Champollion (1790-1832) is regarded as the founder of scientific Egyptology

Tarot card of the Fool, Jergot Tarot, 17th century. A tarot pack of 22 cards was used in fortune telling

Ancient Greek muses of music and dance. Left to right: Euterpe, inventor of the double flute, associated with Dionysiac music and pleasure; Erato, muse of erotic poetry; Terpsichore, muse of Dance

Venus of Willendorf, Stone Age oolitic limestone carving, c24, 000-c22, 000 BC. A carved female figure, discovered at a Palaeolithic site at Willendorf, Austria in 1908

Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Newtons (1642-1727) discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645. The victory at Naseby of the Parliamentarian New Model Army under Fairfax and Cromwell over the Royalist army commanded by Prince Rupert marked the decisive turning

Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac to God, 18th century
Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac to God in place of the sacrificial lamb held by a figure in the background, 18th century. Illustration from an Arab manuscript

Arab manuscript depicting an angel weighing a soul

Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born physicist and the founder of nuclear physics. Rutherford (1871-1937) won a scholarship to Cambridge

Standard bearers, drummers and trumpeters of a Saracen army, 13th century
Standard bearers, drummers and trumpeters of a Saracen army mounted on camels and horses, 13th century. From an Arab manuscript

Flight into Egypt, 1423. Artist: Gentile da Fabriano
Flight into Egypt, 1423. Scene from the Bible (Matthew 2). Predella panel from Gentile da Fabrianos (c1385-1427) altarpiece Adoration of the Magi

Schone Madonna, painted statue, from the Pfarrkirche, Bad Aussee, Austria. Statue of the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus

Angel carrying a cross, from the Ponte St Angelo, Rome, Italy, 1669. Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Angel carrying a cross, from the Ponte St Angelo, Rome, Italy, 1669. One of a series of statues on the balustrade of the bridge opposite the Castel St Angelo

Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa, Arab chemist and alchemist. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Al Jabir) (c721-c815) was court physician to Harun al-Rashid. He is also known as Geber in Latin

Marco Polo, Venetian traveller and merchant meeting Kublai Khan, 13th century
Marco Polo, Venetian traveller and merchant meeting Kublai Khan, c1274. Marco Polo (1254-1324), together with his father and uncle, presenting the Popes letter to Kublai Khan (1214-1294)

Page from a Gutenberg Bible, 1455. Artist: Johannes Gutenberg
Page from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455. Johann Gutenberg (c1398-1468) is regarded as the inventor of movable type. In 1455 he produced the first large printed book, the Gutenberg Bible

Sioux war dance, 1888. The Dakota Plains Indians of North America usually held four days of ceremonies before departing for battle. Ceremonies such as this induce a state of self hypnosis

Microscope by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch, c1670. Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was a Dutch scientist and microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria

The Hermetic Androgyne, late 17th century. Miniature from a German manuscript. King=Sun=Gold, Queen=Moon=Silver, Dragon=Mercury=Volatility and so transmutation

Chinese zodiac figures, late 18th century. From a Tibetan manuscript

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, c1840s. Victoria (1819-1901) and Albert (1819-1861) as a youthful married couple, both wearing the blue ribbon of the Order of the Garter

Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1725. Artist: John Vanderbank
Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1725. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Three sages of T ai Chi, Chinese, 17th or 18th century. The three sages are depicted surrounded by symbols of long life and immortality (tree, deer, peach). In the centre is the Yin-Yan symbol

Homer, Greek epic poet. Homer (fl 9th-8th century BC) is credited with the authorship of the great epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Roman copy of a lost Greek bust of 2nd century BC

Working life in Ancient Egypt, wall painting from an artisans tomb at Saqqara. Note scribes keeping records at bottom right

Woman in a birthing chair, Ancient Egyptian limestone relief from Kawm Umbu. Various medical instruments are depicted on the right

Carpenters in a workshop, model figures from an Ancient Egyptian tomb

The Rosetta Stone, 196 BC. A basalt slab inscribed with a decree of the Pharaoh Ptolemy Epiphanes (Ptolemy V) (205-180 BC) in three languages; Greek, Hieroglyphic and Demotic script

Brewing beer, Egyptian tomb model from Meketra, 9th Dynasty, c2160 BC

Pharaoh Horemheb with the goddess Isis and the god Horus, Ancient Egyptian, 14th century BC. Horemheb (reigned c1321-c1293 BC) was the last king of the 18th dynasty

Goddess Isis with King Tuthmosis III, Ancient Egyptian, 15th century BC. Painted limestone relief at Deir el Bahn, Luxor, Egypt

Jackal-headed god Anubis receiving dead king or noble, Ancient Egyptian. Painting inside a coffin. Anubis, son of Osiris, took the souls of the dead to his father, the judge of the underworld

Pillar at the Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt. The pillar is carved with the name of Jean-Francois Champollion (1790-1832), French historian and linguist and founder of scientific Egyptology

Canopic Jars, Ancient Egyptian, 26th dynasty, 664-525 BC. These were used to contain the viscera of a dead person, usually for burial with their mummified body

Mummy wrapped in bandages and lying on the base of a coffin, Ancient Egyptian. From the Cairo Museum, Egypt

Statue of Djoser (Zoser), Ancient Egyptian, 27th century BC. From the Mastaba near the Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara. Djoser (c2686-2613 BC) was the second king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Wall painting from the Temple of Rameses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. Thoth, Ibis-headed god of the Moon, patron of scribes and magicians and secretary of the gods, holding a wand

Statue of Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tuthmosis III, Luxor, 18th Dynasty, 15th century BC. Tuthmosis (Thutmose) III ruled Egypt from 1479-1426 BC, initially with his aunt, Hatshepsut

Earth from space, December 1992. The Earth photographed by spacecraft Galileo 11 from a distance of 1.9 million km (1.2 million miles) showing Antarctica and dawn rising over the Pacific Ocean

Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1569. Elizabeth (1533-1603), Queen from 1558, at prayer. Frontispiece to Christian Prayers

Edward, Prince of Wales, hunting tiger during his state visit to India in 1876. Edward (1841-1910), the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, became King Edward VII of Great Britain in 1901

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Victoria (1819-1901) and Albert (1819-1861) riding in Windsor Park when young. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, in 1840

Souvenir for Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee, 1887. Scrapbook souvenir for Queen Victorias (1819-1901) Jubilee of 1887 showing her then and at her accession in 1837

Page of Buckingham Palace Census Return for 1841. It shows the age of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as 20 and their first child, the Princess Royal, as 6 months

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