American casualties lying on stretchers aboard a landing craft, awaiting evacuation at Munda Point, Solomon Islands, on July 12, 1943. #History #WWII

The Irish Elk, also known as the Giant Deer, holds the title of the largest deer species to ever roam the Earth. It lived during the Pleistocene epoch and could be found across Europe, Asia, and parts of North America. With an impressive shoulder height of up to 6.6 feet (2

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112 year-old Teimruz Vanacha (left, veteran of WWI and the Russian Civil War, with his son Ivan, a veteran of WWII, in 1980

St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh is located on the historic Royal Mile for more than 900 years, with its foundation attributed to King David sometime around 1124 and was pivotal during Scottish Reformation #history #scottish #Cathedral #historypictures

One of the earliest known female mathematicians, Hypatia lived in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 4th century. She made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy and was known for her work on the development of the astrolabe, an ancient

🔥 The Stone That Once Touched the Sun High above the golden sands of ancient Egypt, the very tip of a pyramid once caught the first light of dawn. Today, that same stone rests quietly inside a museum hall — but its story still shines across thousands of years. This massive

A page of Newton's handwritten Trinity college notes put together between 1661-1665 while he was an undergraduate student at that same college. 📷 Cambridge, Trinity College

This is probably the greatest improvised solo ever

Unearthed from a deep excavation trench in the heart of Egypt, this colossal stone head is a monumental tribute to a Pharaoh of the New Kingdom, likely dating back to the 14th or 13th century BCE. The sculpture, carved from dark igneous rock, depicts the serene and god-like

“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.” — Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks

April 1, 1886: Figure of the Milky Way in space.

Flavian hair is elaborate and rendered with fine detail in sculpture. Distinctive for its raised front curls, and detailed braidwork at the back. ~ bust of a Flavian woman, late 1st century CE

April 13, 1743: Thomas Jefferson was born!

18 April 1783: General George #Washington issues General Orders to the Continental #Army announcing the "Cessation of Hostilities between the United States of America and the King of Great Britain." The Preliminary Articles of Peace were signed on November 30, 1782 in Paris.