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Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley (1656-1742) was an English astronomer, mathematician, and cartographer. Halley's Comet is named after him since he accurately predicted its return in 1758. One of the early globetrotting scientists, Halley led several maritime...
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Magnetic Sea Chart by Halley
A detail of a chart showing lines of magnetic compass variation made in 1702 by the English scientist and cartographer Edmond Halley (1656-1742). Halley hoped the chart would aid navigation but the variations in magnetism over time made it...
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Field of Reeds (Aaru)
A'Aru (The Field of Reeds) was the Egyptian afterlife, an idealized vision of one's life on earth (also known as Sekhet-A'Aru and translated as The Field of Rushes). Death was not the end of life but a transition to another part of one's...
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Egyptian Afterlife - The Field of Reeds
The ancient Egyptians believed that life on earth was only one part of an eternal journey which ended, not in death, but in everlasting joy. When one's body failed, the soul did not die with it but continued on toward an afterlife where one...
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The Field of the Cloth of Gold
An oil painting dating to c. 1545 CE illustrating the 'Field of the Cloth of Gold', a magnificent pageant held near Calais in June 1520 CE as a show of friendship between Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) and Francis I of France (r...
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Tobacco Field
Tobacco field in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
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Poppy Field near Argenteuil by Monet
An 1873 oil on canvas portrait, Poppy Field near Argenteuil, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. The models are Monet's wife Camille and son Jean, who appear twice in the picture. This work was chosen by the artist...
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Battle of the Field of Blood (1119 CE)
Artists impression of the Battle of the Field of Blood (1119 CE) by Marek Szyszko. Copyright, republished with permission from Medieval Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.
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Field Marshal Montgomery, 1943
A 1943 photograph of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) during the Italian campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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The Rise & Fall of History's First Empire - Soraya Field Fiorio
Discover history’s first empire: Sumer, located in Mesopotamia, which built the world’s first cities and created the first writing system. History’s first empire rose out of a hot, dry landscape, without rainfall to nourish crops, without...