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The title is engraved on the façade of a one-storied, flat-roofed building, decorated with pilasters. Beneath the design is engraved; 'An Historical, Emblematical, Patriotical, and Political Print, representing the English Balloon, or National Debt…

One of a series of similar depictions at the Martim Moniz Metro station in Lisbon, Portugal. This one shows the 12th-century crusader, Arnout IV, Count of Aarschot.

In common with many other Central and Sudanic African peoples, the Azande made and used throwing knives as currency before the introduction of imported scrap metal and coinage in the twentieth century.
Produced by the Nzakara and Ngbandi, vassal…

Remains of an expansive sugar factory, part of the Crusader castle of Colossi, Cyprus, 13th century.
What's the connection between "sweet salt" (=sugar), the Crusaders, and Cyprus?

Silver sugar shaker designed by Robert Douglas, American (1740 - 1776), c. 1770

Although there is a synagogue at Capernaum mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, the ruins of a synagogue visible today date to the 4th or 5th century CE. There is, however, some evidence of an earlier structure beneath its foundations, and some scholars…

From the French translation of William of Tyre's History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea. Fol. 42

The Arma Christi are the instruments of the Passion: the objects associated with Christ’s passion. The exact number of objects is flexible, and appears frequently as a theme in Christian Art. Some of these arms include the best known relics of the…