Images Dated 29th July 2005 (page 12)

Troops attempting to clear streets during anti-Jewish riots, Algiers, Algeria, 1898. From Le Petit Journal The body of a victim of the violence lies on the floor in the foreground

March, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul Limbourg
March, 1412-1416. A farmer uses an ox-drawn wheeled plough on his field in the foreground, while in the distance, people are tending vines, keeping sheep and preparing to sow corn

Diagram of Pavlovs findings on conditioned salivary reflex. D: organ of touch and temperature; N: 1-6 analysers; S: salivary gland; Q: saliva secreting centre in the medulla oblongata; M: muscle; R

St Dionysius praying to the Virgin and Child for help to overcome the curse of Syphilis. Flysheet published in Regensburg. The German publication refers to it as the French disease

Magazine advertisement for Mellins Emulsion, a food supplement based on cod liver oil, c1890. The advertisement recommends the use of the product by children and invalids

Rumfords fireplace, c1880. Devised by Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814), Anglo-American scientist and administrator

Curvature of the Earth, 1764. Left: because of curvature, M cannot be seen by the ship at B, but can be from ship at C. Right

Java Man (Pithecanthropus erectus). Reconstruction based on a skull cap, thigh bone and two back teeth discovered in Pliocene fossil beds in Trinil, Central Java, by Dr Eugene Dubois in 1894

Magazine advertisement for Scotts Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, 1890

Cleopatras Needle outside the Houses of Parliament, London, c late 19th century
Artists impression of Cleopatras Needle sited outside the Houses of Parliament, London, c late 19th century. Cleopatras Needle is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk dating from c1500 BC

Ancient Olympic Games: the relay race, 1922. Competitors had to keep alight the flame and hand it to their fellows.This reconstruction shows a runner protecting the flame with his shield

Winfield Scott, American soldier, 1861. Scott (1786-1866) was general-in-chief of the US Army from 1841-61. In 1852 he unsuccessfully ran for President

Gladiators in the Roman arena. Spectators are giving the thumbs down, signalling the victor not to spare his defeated adversary. Print after Jean-Leon Gerome

Herodotus, Ancient Greek historian, 1866. Figure of Herodotus (c485-425 BC), known as The Father of History, based on an antique bust

Limestone relief of a scarab beetle and vulture wings under a disk of the sun, Edfu, Egypt

Model soldiers from the tomb of an 18th dynasty pharoah, Ancient Egyptian, 16th-13th century BC

Djoser, second king of the 3rd dynasty, Ancient Egyptian, c2613 BC. A Statue of Djoser (Zoser) (c2686-2613 BC) removed from the mortuary temple beside his Step Pyramid at Saqqarah

Painted relief, temple of Rameses III, Medinet Habu, Egypt, 12th century BC. Amon-Ra, Egyptian god, (left) and Rameses III (ruled 1187-1156 BC), second king of the 20th dynasty

Limestone relief showing Hittite soldiers, Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, 14th-13th century BC. The Hittites were a people whose empire covered much of Anatolia and northern Syria

Pectoral jewel from the tomb of Tutankhamun, Ancient Egyptian, c1325 BC. Pectoral showing Ptah, creator of the universe and patron of craftsmen, and his consort, Sekhmet, lion-headed goddess of war

Wall painting depicting the god Thoth, temple of Rameses III, Medinet Habu, Egypt, c1187-c1156 BC
Wall painting depicting the Ancient Egyptian Ibis-headed god Thoth, temple of Rameses III, Medinet Habu, Egypt, c1187-c1156 BC. Thoth was secretary to the gods and patron of scribes

Shabaka stone, from Memphis, Ancient Egypt, 25th dynasty, 710 BC. The stone contains an account of the creation of the Earth. The text was damaged after the stone was used as a millstone

Scarab surmounting a relief of a pharaoh receiving tribute, Temple of Karnak, Egypt

Pectoral jewel from the treasure of Tutankhamun, Ancient Egyptian, c1325 BC. A pectoral jewel showing Horus, the falcon-headed god, crowned with a sun disc (aten) with an ankh, the symbol of life

Limestone relief of Pharaoh Seti I, Karnak, Egypt, c1290-c1279 BC. Seti I (also known as Sethis or Sethos), Ancient Egyptian king of the 19th dynasty, who ruled from 1290-1279 BC

Feluccas on the Nile, Elephantine Island near Aswan, modern Egypt

Limestone relief from the Temple of Rameses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. Relief depicting the capture of enemy soldiers by Egyptians

Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Dayr al-Bahri, Egypt, c1457 BC. Hatshepsut (c1504-1457 BC) was the daughter of Thutmose I and wife of Thutmose II

Granite statue of a seated Ancient Egyptian scribe, from Karnak, 17 / 18th dynasty, c1500 BC
Granite statue of a seated Ancient Egyptian scribe, from Karnak, 17/18th dynasty, c1500 BC

Small pyramids at Giza (Gizeh), Ancient Egyptian

Line of ram-headed sphinxes, temple of Rameses II, Karnak, Egypt, 13th century BC. Rameses reign (1279-1213 BC) was notable for an upsurge in the rate of temple building

Canopic jar, vessel used for burial of embalmed viscera, Ancient Egyptian

Ancient Egyptian mummy in wrappings. From the Vatican Museum

Pharaoh Rameses II, Ancient Egyptian, 19th dynasty, 13th century BC. Painted relief showing Rameses II, The Great (1279-1213 BC), third king of the 19th dynasty, with Nubian prisoners

Giant statue of the Ancient Egyptian falcon-headed god Horus, Edfu, Egypt

Step Pyramid of King Djoser (Zozer), Saqqara, Egypt, 3rd Dynasty, c2613 BC. Djoser (c2686-c2613 BC) was the second king of the 3rd dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

Hellenistic temple at Kawm Umbu (Kom Ombo) Egypt, c2nd century-1st century BC. The temple was begun by Ptolemy VI Philometer (c191-145 BC) and was added to by his successors

Tomb of Horemheb, last king of 18th dynasty, Ancient Egyptian, c1292 BC. Horemheb ruled from 1319-1292 BC. This wall painting shows him and the falcon-headed god Horus

The Wolf-Charmer, 1881. Artist: John Le Farge
The Wolf-Charmer, 1881. Belief in wolf charmers widespread in France in the first half of 19th century and was the last vestige of the werewolf legend

Lycanthropy: forest demon captured in Germany in 1531 (1669). This creature was said to inhabit forests round Salzburg and Hamburg

Trial of Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher, 399 BC (19th century). Socrates (469-399 BC) is considered to be the intellectual father of modern Western philosophy

The Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, 1556
The Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust, 1556

Euripedes, Ancient Greek tragedian
Euripedes (c480-406) Greek tragedian. Portrait bust

Olympic Stadium, Athens. The stadium was restored for the first Olympic Games of the modern era, held in 1896

Aeschines, Ancient Greek orator and statesman. Portrait bust of Aeschines (389-314 BC), who was a rival of Demosthenes in Athenian politics

Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, 5th century BC. The great temple of Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, begun in c445 BC

Aeschilus, Ancient Greek tragedian. Portrait bust of Aeschilus (c525-c456 BC), the father of Greek tragedy

Fresco of a hunting scene (partially restored) from Tirins, Greece, Homeric period, c1000-c700 BC
Fresco of a hunting scene (partially restored) from Tirins (Tiryns), Greece, Homeric period, c1000-c700 BC

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