Images Dated 29th July 2005 (page 9)

Cuneiform tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. A tablet from the library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman lawyer, orator and statesman. Portrait bust. Cicero (106-43 BC) is remembered as the greatest of Roman orators

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor. Head from a gigantic statue, now fragmented. Constantine (c273-337) became emperor in 306

Mammoth skeleton, 1823. Skeleton of a mammoth discovered in 1817 by Dr Mitchell of New York at Goschen, Orange County and later assembled in the Philadelphia Museum

Giant mastodon skeleton, 1830. Skeleton of a giant mastodon excavated by Wilson Peale of Philadelphia at Newburgh on the Hudson River in 1801

Sheep treading in seed, Ancient Egyptian tomb relief carving, c2000 BC. The man on the left is leading the sheep by offering the foremost ram food. From the tomb of Urarna, Sheik Said, Egypt

Pont du Gard, Nimes, southern France, 19th century. This Roman aqueduct was built in c18 BC. No cement was used in its construction

Egyptian tomb figure of a woman grinding corn using a saddle quern, c2500 BC. Photograph taken c1910

Man reaping barley with a sickle, probably of wood set with flint, Ancient Egyptian, c240 BC. From the west wall of the tomb of Urarna, Sheik Safd, Egypt. Photograph taken c1910

Figure of an Ancient Egyptian brewer pressing out fermented bread in a basket, c1910
Figure of an Ancient Egyptian brewer pressing out fermented bread in a basket. Beer drained through into the pot beneath. This figure from the Ancient Egyptian city of Saqqarah is in the Cairo

Nesitanebtashru ploughing and reaping, c1025 BC. From The Greenfield Papyrus (Book of the Dead of Princess Nesitanebtashru)

Burial of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, British soldier, La Coruna, Spain, 1809 (c1885)
Burial of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, Scottish-born British soldier, La Coruna, Spain, 1809 (c1885). Moore (1761-1809) commanded the British forces at the Battle of Corunna (La Coruna)

A Court for King Cholera, 1852. A scene typical of the crowded, unsanitary conditions in London slums. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Second Thoughts, 1913. John Redmond (1856-1918), Irish politician, having trouble with Protestant north-east Ulster, which opposed Home Rule. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 8 October 1913)

Rint v Potatoes - The Irish Jeremy Diddler, 1845. Daniel O Connell (1775-1847), Irish political leader, continued to collect repeal rents to fund the Home Rule movement while the Irish poor were

Charon the ferryman rowing to collect Dante and Virgil, to carry them across the Styx, 1861. Artist: Gustave Dore
Charon the ferryman rowing to collect Dante and his guide, Virgil, to carry them across the Styx, 1861. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil

Recovery of the British Fuseliers at the Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811. British, Portuguese and Spanish forces commanded by Lord William Beresford defeated the French army under Marshal Soult

Storming of San Sebastian by British and Portuguese troops under Wellington, 31 August 1813. The siege, which lasted from 28 June to 31 August was under the local command of the Scottish General

Battle of Busaco, Peninsular War, Portugal, 27 September 1810. British and Portuguese troops commanded by Wellington repulsed the French under Massena

Australian natives preparing meal from an animal they have hunted, c1895. The man on the left makes a fire by the blister method

Australian aborigines butchering a kangaroo, 1885-1888. A family of New South Wales natives butchering the spoils of their hunting expedition, preparatory to cooking

Nilometer on the island of Roda, Cairo, Egypt, c1895. The annual flooding of the Nile was historically vitally important to Egypt because it governed the fertility of the soil

Capture of Manuel de Godoy, Duke of Alcudia, Spanish statesman, 1808
Capture of Manuel de Godoy, Duke of Alcudia, Spanish statesman, Madrid, 1808. De Godoy was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792-1798 and again from 1801-1808

Battle of Talavera, Peninsular War, 27-28 July 1809. A bayonet charge by the 48th Foot, the Northamptonshire Regiment, who were awarded battle honours by the Duke of Wellington

Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, English soldier, 1815. One of Wellingtons most trusted lieutenants during the Peninsular War (1809-1814)

The Shootings of May 3rd 1808, 1814. Artist: Francisco Goya
The Shootings of May 3rd 1808, 1814. Painted in 1814 for King Ferdinand VII of Spain, this is a forceful, sobering condemnation of the horrors of war

Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French soldier and statesman. Created Marshal of France by Napoleon in 1804, Soult (1769-1851)

Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French soldier and statesman, c1830. Artist: Delpech
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French soldier and statesman, c1830. Created Marshal of France by Napoleon in 1804, Soult (1769-1851)

Death of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, British soldier, La Coruna, Spain, 1809
Death of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, Scottish-born British soldier, La Coruna, Spain, 1809. Moore (1761-1809) commanded the British forces at the Battle of Corunna (La Coruna), Peninsular War

John Moore, Scottish-born British soldier. General Sir John Moore (1761-1809) commanded the British forces at the Battle of Corunna (La Coruna), Peninsular War, Spain 16 January 1809

Thomas Paine, English-born American revolutionary, writer and philosopher, c1790. Paine (1737-1809) emigrated to America in 1774

Foetus in uterus at time of quickening when first fetal movements are felt by the mother, c1795
Foetus in the uterus at the time of quickening (16-18 weeks) when the first fetal movements are felt by the mother, c1795

The Five Senses: smell, hearing, sight, touch and taste, c1850. Illustration from a childrens book. (London, c1850)

The End of the Feast, c1895. Artist: Martin Anderson
The End of the Feast, c1895. A boy in bed shows his furred tongue to a doctor who feels the boys pulse. On the table is bottle of castor oil (Ricinus) which will be given as a laxative

Cholera, 1912. Death, the grim reaper, decimating a column of Turkish soldiers During the First Balkan War (1912-1913) between Turkey and the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro)

Mr Jorrockss Bath, 1845. Mr Jorrocks, having retired early very drunk, goes sleepwalking during a violent dream and falls in Lord Bambers swimming pool from where he is rescued by other house guests

Mandrake, Sensitive Plant, and Acacia, c1795
Mandrake (bottom left), Sensitive Plant (bottom right) and Acacia, c1795

Ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of smallpox, Negapattam, India, 1806
Ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of Smallpox at her temple at Negapattam, Southern India. A man, suspended by hooks and holding a sword and shield, is being swung through the air

Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor. Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 BC-14 AD) became one of a triumvirate of rulers after the death in 44 BC of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle

Demosthenes, Athenian orator and statesman. Marble bust of Demosthenes (384-322 BC), regarded as one of the greatest Ancient Greek orators

Epicurus (341-271BC), Ancient Greek philosopher. Portrait bust of Epicurus (341-271 BC), founder of the Epicurean school

Dionysius, Greek god of wine. Bust of Dionysius, known as Bacchus in the Roman pantheon

Giant statue of Rameses II third king of the 19th dynasty, Luxor, Egypt, c1279-c1213 BC. Rameses reign (1279-1213 BC) was notable for an upsurge in the rate of temple building

Philip II, King of Macedon. The father of Alexander the Great, Philip (382-336 BC) was king of Macedon from 359 BC. Portrait bust

Heliogabalus, Roman Emperor of the 3rd century. Emperor from 218, Heliogabalus (Elagabalus) (204-222) was murdered by praetorians in a palace revolution. Marble bust

Workers cottages at Bournville, Birmingham, 1892. Bournville was an ideal village built near Birmingham for their employees by the chocolate manufacturers Cadburys

Socrates, Greek philosopher. Roman copy of a lost Greek original of c370 BC. Socrates (469-399 BC) is considered to be the intellectual father of modern Western philosophy

Manicheel tree (Hippomane mancinella) or Poison Guava, c1795. This tree, native to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, has fruits with an inviting appearance which are very poisonous

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