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Man restores his grandparents' 1916 flat-pack home from Sears Cincinnati, Sears Catalog Homes, Flat Pack Homes, Diy Mail, Different House Styles, Staircase Landing, Ikea Inspiration, Georgian Architecture, House Hunters
Man restores his grandparents' 1916 flat-pack home from Sears
Man restores his grandparents' 1916 flat-pack home from Sears
A replica of the Endeavour, which was renamed the Lord Sandwich.  -- Researchers say they believe they have located the wreckage of the Endeavour, the ship sailed by British explorer James Cook on his voyage to Australia, which was sunk off the United States during the Revolutionary War. Rhode Island, Captain James Cook, First Fleet, Botany Bay, Old Sailing Ships, The Endeavour, Ship Drawing, Maritime Museum, Tall Ships
Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour believed found in US
A replica of the Endeavour, which was renamed the Lord Sandwich. -- Researchers say they believe they have located the wreckage of the Endeavour, the ship sailed by British explorer James Cook on his voyage to Australia, which was sunk off the United States during the Revolutionary War.
A stoa in ancient Greek architecture, is a covered walkway or portico, commonly for public use.   The name of the Stoic school of philosophy derives from "stoa".  Image:   The restored Stoa of Attalos in Athens. Roof Tiles, Vietnam Travel, Open, Concept Art, Serve, Marble, Ancient Greece, Travel, Athens
Stoa - Wikipedia
A stoa in ancient Greek architecture, is a covered walkway or portico, commonly for public use. The name of the Stoic school of philosophy derives from "stoa". Image: The restored Stoa of Attalos in Athens.
Roman Tunnels.  Interesting article by Victor Labate.  Image:  Gadhara Aqueduct, Jordan. Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Art History, Earth's Core, Hollow Earth, History Encyclopedia, Roman Era, Epoch Time, Underground Tunnels
Roman Tunnels
Roman Tunnels. Interesting article by Victor Labate. Image: Gadhara Aqueduct, Jordan.
Viking boathouse. Naust for a Viking Warship. Tekst Marit Synnøve Vea. Viking Ship, Viking Age, Middle Ages Church, Vikings Live, Roman, Viking Village, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Country Retreat, Old Norse
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Viking boathouse. Naust for a Viking Warship. Tekst Marit Synnøve Vea.
The first “Air Force One” was built in 1948 and flew President Dwight D. Eisenhower around... Air Force Ones, Us Air Force, United States History, United States Air Force, Aviation News, Air Force Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Cargo Aircraft, Starfighter
Watch the original Air Force One fly again
The first “Air Force One” was built in 1948 and flew President Dwight D. Eisenhower around...
The Trireme Olympias.  Replica of a Greek trireme. Ancient Greek Art, Merchant Marine, Greek History, Wooden Ship, Yacht Boat, Sail Away, Set Sail
The Athenian trireme: trireme names (The Classics Pages)
The Trireme Olympias. Replica of a Greek trireme.
Greek Trireme (MatthiasKabel & Sting).  Fast, manoeuvrable, and with a bronze-sheathed ram on the prow, the Greek trireme was the devastating warship which permitted Athens to build her maritime empire and dominate the Aegean in the 5th century BC.  -- article by Mark Cartwright. Naval History, Poder Naval, Stara Zagora, Achaemenid, Grece Antique, Remote Island
Trireme
Greek Trireme (MatthiasKabel & Sting). Fast, manoeuvrable, and with a bronze-sheathed ram on the prow, the Greek trireme was the devastating warship which permitted Athens to build her maritime empire and dominate the Aegean in the 5th century BC. -- article by Mark Cartwright.
Tacitus (c. 56 A.D. - after 117 A.D.), one of the greatest Roman historians,      wrote a very interesting account of the ancient Germans, The Germania. Pontius Pilatus, Roman Literature, Modern Statue, Classical Latin, Germanic Tribes, Cornelius, Anglo Saxon
Tacitus - Wikipedia
Tacitus (c. 56 A.D. - after 117 A.D.), one of the greatest Roman historians, wrote a very interesting account of the ancient Germans, The Germania.
Elephants in Greek & Roman Warfare, article by Mark Cartwright.  Image:  Detail of a 6th Century A.D. Elephant Mosaic. Ancient Art, Mosaic Art, Mosaic Tiles, Mosaic Mirrors, World Elephant Day
Elephants in Greek & Roman Warfare
Elephants in Greek & Roman Warfare, article by Mark Cartwright. Image: Detail of a 6th Century A.D. Elephant Mosaic.
Leonidas statue in Sparta. Sparta was a prominent city-state in Ancient Greece. Given its military pre-eminence, Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars. Between 431 and 404 B.C., Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens. Ancient Sparta, Greco Persian Wars, Greek Warrior, Images Google
Leonidas statue in Sparta. Sparta was a prominent city-state in Ancient Greece. Given its military pre-eminence, Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars. Between 431 and 404 B.C., Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens.
Greece in the Archaic Age, 750-490 B.C. Delos Greece, Greece Map, Santorini, Creta, Samos, Ancient Cities, Ancient Maps
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Greece in the Archaic Age, 750-490 B.C.
Phillip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great), portrait from a reconstruction of his face, made from his skull. Ancient Macedonia, Alexander The Great, Alexandre O Grande, Forensic Facial Reconstruction, Medieval Drawings
Phillip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great), portrait from a reconstruction of his face, made from his skull.
Lost Spanish settlement discovered in Florida Panhandle Jamestown 1607, Roanoke Colony, Spanish Conquistador, Panhandle, Interesting History, Pensacola, The New Yorker, Remnants, Archaeology
Lost Spanish settlement discovered in Florida Panhandle
Lost Spanish settlement discovered in Florida Panhandle
Mycenae was a fortified late Bronze Age city located between two hills on the Argolid plain of the Peloponnese, Greece.  Home of Agamemnon, king of all of the Archaean Greeks and leader of their expedition to Troy to recapture Helen.   (In Homer’s account of the Trojan War in the Iliad.)  Image:  Lion's Gate at Mycenae by Andreas Trepte, www.photo-natur.de Architecture Antique, Ancient Greek Architecture, Art And Architecture, Architecture Collection, Mycenaean Architecture, Lion Gate Mycenae, Heritage Site, World Heritage
Mycenae
Mycenae was a fortified late Bronze Age city located between two hills on the Argolid plain of the Peloponnese, Greece. Home of Agamemnon, king of all of the Archaean Greeks and leader of their expedition to Troy to recapture Helen. (In Homer’s account of the Trojan War in the Iliad.) Image: Lion's Gate at Mycenae by Andreas Trepte, www.photo-natur.de