Images Dated 29th July 2005 (page 38)

Jean Baptiste Kleber, French soldier, c1830. Kleber (1753-1800) enlisted in the French Revolutionary army in 1792. Left in command of Egypt by Napoleon in 1799

Michel Ney, French soldier, c1830. One of Napoleons most prominent generals, Ney (1769-1815) led the rearguard of the Grande Armees retreat from Moscow in 1812

Andre Massena, French soldier, c1830. Regarded as one of Napoleons greatest generals, Massena (1758-1817) first distinguished himself in the revolutionary wars

Joachim Murat, French soldier, c1830. Murat (1767-1815) was made a Marshal of France in 1804 and became King of Naples in 1808

Spanish conquistadors with their native Tlazcalan allies attacking an Aztec temple, 16th century. Copy of a section of the drawings of Lienzo de Tlazcala lost during the Mexican revolution in

Standard of Ur, the war side, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, Sumerian, c2500 BC. Made from lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, shell and coloured stone mosaic, it depicts the Sumerian army

Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria, c9th century BC
Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria. Ashurnasirpal, king from 883-859 BC, leading an assault on a city with battering rams and siege engines. Bas-relief from the British Museum

Battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, 21 July 1798. Artist: Louis Francois Lejeune
Battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, 21 July 1798. Napoleon defeated the Mameluke army of the Ottoman Turks, conquering Egypt for France

Battle of Lepanto, October 1571. The fleets of Spain, Venice and the Pope, under the command of Don Juan of Austria, defeated the Turks in the last great sea battle involving galleys

Map of the east coast of North America, early 16th century. Map of pre-1547 based on Jacques Cartiers discoveries of 1534-1541

Aztec education of boys (left) and girls (right). Boys are shown being punished by a father who holds him over a fire of burning chillies while lecturing him

View of Earth from Apollo 10 orbiting the Moon, 1969. Europe, Asia and parts of Africa are visible with some cloud cover in this photograph taken from a distance of approximately 100, 000 miles

George III, King of England, c1800. Artist: Sir William Beechey
George III, King of England, c1800. Full-length portrait of George III (1738-1820), king from 1760, in military uniform

Gold pendant representing Mitlantecuhtli, Aztec god of the dead, 15th century. This is one of the few gold ornaments which escaped being melted down

Zoomorphic form from the Codex Borgianus, Mixtec, Pre-Columbian Mexico, c1400. From the Vatican Museum

Citadel of Teotihuacan, Pre-Columbian Mexico. The capital of one of the earliest Central American civilizations, Teotihuacans power reached its peak in the 1st millenium AD

Map of Brazil by Portuguese navigators Pedro Reinel and Lopo Homen, c1525. Artist: Pedro Reinel
Map of Brazil by Portuguese navigators Pedro Reinel and Lopo Homen, c1525

Cast gold Pre-Columbian figure pendant, Muisca, Colombia, 1000-1541. The 18cm high figure is from the Metropolitan Museum, New York

Statue of Artemis, Greek goddess of hunting. Artemis was known as Diana in the Roman pantheon

Gold Pre-Columbian seated figure, Quimbaya, Colombia, pre 14th-15th century

Arrest of Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1914. Princip, a Serbian nationalist murdered the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austrian throne, at Sarajevo

Mutineers attacking the magazine at Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 11 May 1857 (c1900). On the orders of Lieutenant George Willoughby, who died of his wounds defending the garrison, the magazine was blown up

Mexico City in the early 16th century. Depiction probably based on a sketch in the conquistador Hernan Cortes book of 1524. From the British Museum

The Revenge engaging the Spanish fleet off Flores, 1591 (c1900). Artist: TM Robinson
The Revenge engaging the Spanish fleet off Flores, 1591 (c1900). Cut off from the rest of the English fleet, the Revenge, under the command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-1591)

Victoria Cross, British award for gallantry, 1857. The Victoria Cross was instituted in 1856 for all ranks of the British army and navy

Napoleon I, Emperor of France, in exile. Napoleon (1721-1818) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

Battle of Alma, Crimean War, 20 September 1854 (c1860). French commanders with advancing infantry. 26, 000 British troops commanded by Lord Raglan and 24

Crusaders embarking for the Holy Land, 15th century. Banners show the Papal arms, those of the Holy Roman Emperor and the kings of England, France and Sicily. From Statutes of Order of Saint Esprit

Band of crusaders armed and mounted, 15th century. From Statutes of Order of Saint Esprit

Page from the Vienna Nahua manuscript of Zapotec origin, Mexico

Part of South America, 1582. A Spanish map, showing the Amazon and the River Plate

King Solomon welcoming the Queen of Sheba, 1865-1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
King Solomon welcoming the Queen of Sheba, 1865-1866. From Gustave Dores illustrated Bible (I Kings10:2)

Lady Emma Hamilton, wife of Sir William Hamilton and mistress of Horatio Nelson. Here Lady Hamilton (c1765-1851) is portrayed as Sensibility (a sensitive plant growing in an urn)

Sarcophagus, 4th century BC. Showing battle scenes of the time of Alexander the Great. The mounted figure is the general Hephaestion

Henry I, king of England, c1900. The youngest son of William I, the Conqueror, Henry I (1068-1135) became king in 1100

Henry II, king of England, c1900. Henry II (1138-1189), the first Plantagenet king of England reigned from 1154

Hypostyle hall, temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC (1892)
Hypostyle hall, temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC (1892). Carved and decorated pillars at the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak (Thebes)

Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC, (c19th century)
Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC (c19th century). French representation of the battle between Bacchides, general of Demetrius I Soter (c187-150 BC)

Charlemagne, king of the Franks. Charlemagne (Charles the Great) (747-814) was crowned Christian emperor of the west in St Peters Cathedral, Rome, on Christmas Day 800

Ferdinand II of Aragon, King of Spain. Ferdinand (1452-1516) married Isabella of Castille in 1469, uniting the kingdom of Spain

King Solomon welcoming the Queen of Sheba. From the Bible (I Kings10: 2). Chromolithograph after a 15th century miniature in the Breviary of Cardinal Grimani attributed to Hans Memling

Solomons prayer at the consecration of the Temple, c1870. But I have built an house of habitation for thee and a place for thy dwelling for ever. From the Bible (II Chronicles 6)

Scene from Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream, c1858. The play was first performed c1596. In this scene (Act 2 Sc 2), Ariel stands on a toadstool conducting The Fairies Song; You spotted snakes

Sailors buying winds (tied in knots) from a magician, 1562. From Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus by Olaus Magnus. (Antwerp, 1562)

Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage. The tiles made of gingerbread can be seen. Arthur Rackham illustration from the Brothers Grimm fairy story. (Copyright must be cleared)

Marco Polo, Venetian merchant and explorer, 14th century. Marco Polo (1254-1324) setting out with his uncles from Venice for the Far East

A Plantagenet king of England dining. The king depicted is possibly Henry II, who reigned from 1154-1189. Chromolithograph from medieval manuscript

Witch hunting in America, 18th century (19th century). An old woman being arrested

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