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Astronomical object [videos]

An astronomical object or celestial object is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structures that exists in the observable universe. In astronomy, the terms object and body are often used interchangeably. However, an astronomical body or celestial body is a single, tightly bound …

The Sun, a G-type star

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Elara (moon) [videos]

Elara is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory in 1905. It is the eighth-largest moon of Jupiter and is named after Elara, one of Zeus's lovers and the mother of the giant Tityos.Elara did not receive its …

Elara near the glare of bright Jupiter

556 Phyllis [videos]

Phyllis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is an S-type asteroid with a diameter of 38 km and a geometric albedo of 0.185. Based on photometric observations between 1998 and 2006, it has a synodic rotation period of 4.293 ± 0.001 hours. — References …

A three-dimensional model of 556 Phyllis based on its light curve

572 Rebekka [videos]

Rebekka is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, which was discovered on September 19, 1905, by a German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg. It was named after a young lady from Heidelberg. — Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado …

A three-dimensional model of 572 Rebekka based on its light curve

573 Recha [videos]

Recha is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is in the asteroid belt, orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid, discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 19, 1905, was named after a character in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Nathan the …

A three-dimensional model of 573 Recha based on its light curve

578 Happelia [videos]

Happelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. On 24 February 2017 a possible small 3-kilometer moon was found orbiting the asteroid, based on occultation observations. — References — External links — Lightcurve plot of 578 Happelia, Palmer Divide …

A three-dimensional model of 578 Happelia based on its light curve

Ancient Egypt [videos]

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in the place that is now the country Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC with the …

The pyramids of Giza are among the most recognizable symbols of the civilization of ancient Egypt.

A typical Naqada II jar decorated with gazelles. (Predynastic Period)

Early tomb painting from Nekhen, c. 3500 BC, Naqada, possibly Gerzeh, culture

Khafre Enthroned

Reese Witherspoon [videos]

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards …

Witherspoon at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival

Witherspoon at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Walk the Line in 2005

Witherspoon at the Water for Elephants premiere in May 2011

Witherspoon at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival premiere of Mud

Battle of Stalingrad [videos]

The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. — Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on …

The Barmaley Fountain, one of the symbols of Stalingrad, in 1943, right after the battle

German snipers at Voronezh, June 1942

Situation briefing near Stalingrad between a German company commander and a platoon leader

German infantry and a supporting StuG III assault gun during the battle

Crusades [videos]

The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The most commonly known Crusades are the campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean aimed at recovering the Holy Land from Muslim rule, but the term "Crusades" is also applied to other church-sanctioned …

A battle of the Second Crusade (illustration of William of Tyre's Histoire d'Outremer, 1337)

Miniature of Peter the Hermit leading the crusade (Egerton 1500, Avignon, 14th century)

Siege of Constantinople (1204) (BNF Arsenal MS 5090, 15th century)

Miniature of the Siege of Acre (1291) (Estoire d'Oultre-Mer, BNF fr. 2825, fol 361v, ca. 1300)

History of Germany [videos]

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul, which he had conquered. The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of …

The 250,000 year old Steinheim Skull

The Limes Germanicus of the Roman Empire and modern boundaries.

Fresco with Dionysian scenes from a Roman villa of Cologne, Germany (site of the ancient city Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium), 3rd century AD, Romano-Germanic Museum

The Porta Nigra of Trier, capital of the Roman province of Gallia Belgica, constructed between 186 and 200 AD

History of Wales [videos]

The history of Wales begins with the arrival of human beings in the region thousands of years ago. Neanderthals lived in what is now Wales, or Cymru in Welsh, at least 230,000 years ago, while Homo sapiens arrived by about 31,000 BC. However, continuous habitation by modern humans dates from the …

Roman Walls at Caerwent (Venta Silurum), erected c. 350.

Gravestone of King Cadfan ap Iago of Gwynedd (died c. 625) in Llangadwaladr church

Medieval kingdoms of Wales shown within the boundaries of the present day country of Wales and not inclusive of all.

King Hywel Dda depicted in a 13th-century manuscript

Nefertiti [videos]

Neferneferuaten Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen and the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they worshiped one god only, Aten, or the sun disc. With her husband, she …

The bust of Nefertiti from the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin collection, presently in the Neues Museum.

Limestone column fragment showing a cartouche of Nefertiti. Reign of Akhenaten. From Amarna, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London

A "house altar" depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and three of their daughters; limestone; New Kingdom, Amarna period, 18th dynasty; c. 1350 BC. Collection: Ägyptisches Museum Berlin, Inv. 14145

Nefertiti worshipping the Aten. She is given the title of Mistress of the Two Lands. On display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Louis d'or [videos]

The Louis d'or is any number of French coins first introduced by Louis XIII in 1640. The name derives from the depiction of the portrait of King Louis on one side of the coin; the French royal coat of arms is on the reverse. The coin was replaced by the French franc at the time of the …

Cuhaj

Louis d’or of Louis XIV (1709)

Cuhaj

Louis d’or of Louis XVI (1788)

Mammoth Cave National Park [videos]

Mammoth Cave National Park is an American national park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world. Since the 1972 unification of Mammoth Cave with the even-longer system under Flint Ridge to the north, the official name of the system has …

The Rotunda Room at Mammoth Cave

A ranger-guided tour of the cave

The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky: An illustrated manual (1897)

Historic signatures on the ceiling of Gothic Avenue

Duesenberg [videos]

Duesenberg Motors Company was an American manufacturer of race cars and luxury automobiles. It was founded by brothers August and Frederick Duesenberg in 1913 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where they built engines and race cars. The brothers moved their operations to …

Duesenberg family with Fred and August in the middle, ca. 1886

1923 Duesenberg Model A touring car at the Louwman Museum

1930 J Walker La Grande Torpedo Phaeton

Model J engine

History of Iran [videos]

The history of Iran, which was commonly known until the mid-20th century as Persia in the Western world, is intertwined with the history of a larger region, also to an extent known as Greater Iran, comprising the area from Anatolia, the Bosphorus, and Egypt in the west to the borders of Ancient …

History of Iran - Chogha Zanbil is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia and is considered to be the best preserved example in the world.

Chogha Zanbil is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia and is considered to be the best preserved example in the world.

A gold cup at the National Museum of Iran, dating from the first half of 1st millennium BC

A panoramic view of Persepolis.

The Seleucid Empire in 200 BC, before Antiochus was defeated by the Romans

Ruby [videos]

A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems, together with amethyst, sapphire, emerald, and diamond. The word ruby comes from ruber …

Natural ruby crystals from Winza, Tanzania

Image: Ruby model

Image: Ruby cristal

Image: Ruby gem

Harrison Ford [videos]

Harrison Ford is an American actor. He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the Star Wars film series and as the title character of Indiana Jones movie series. Five of his movies are within the 30 top-grossing movies of all time at the US box office (when …

Ford in 2017

Ford with Chandran Rutnam on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom which was shot in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1983

Ford at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con

Ford and Calista Flockhart at the 2009 Deauville American Film Festival

Rome [videos]

Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy. Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,872,800 residents in 1,285 km2, it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the …

Roman representation of Tiber as a god, Capitoline Hill in Rome

Capitoline Wolf, sculpture of the mythical she-wolf suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus.

Augustus

Julius Caesar

Talbot-Lago [videos]

Automobiles Talbot S.A. was a French automobile manufacturer based in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, outside Paris. — Origins — Alexandre Darracq — The Suresnes factory had been built by Alexandre Darracq for his pioneering car manufacturing business begun in 1896, which he named A. Darracq & …

Logo Talbot-Lago

1939 Talbot-Lago T-150 CSS. Body by Carrosserie Marcel Pourtout, designer Georges Paulin

1937 Talbot Lago T150 SS. Teardrop Coupe bodywork by Figoni & Falaschi

Talbot-Lago T26 "Record" ca. 1948

Sovereign Military Order of Malta [videos]

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta, officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta; Latin: Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti …

Bust portrait of a Knight of Malta

The Battle of Lepanto (1571), unknown artist, late 16th century

Emperor Paul wearing the Crown of the Grand Master of the Order of Malta (1799).

Palazzo Malta, Rome, Italy

Louis XV of France [videos]

Louis XV, known as Louis the Beloved, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity …

Portrait by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, 1748

The infant Louis with his governess, grandfather, great-grandfather and father, and the busts of Henry IV and Louis XIII in the background. Madame de Ventadour holds her charge's reins. The portrait, painted for her, commemorates her part in saving the dynasty.

Tsar Peter the Great of Russia picks up the young King (1717)

Louis with the regent, Philippe of Orleans (1718)

Robert Pattinson [videos]

Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson is an English actor, model and musician. He started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005. He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by …

Pattinson in February 2017

Pattinson at the Photocall for The Twilight Saga: New Moon at the Crillon Hotel in Paris in 2009

Pattinson at the New York premiere of Water for Elephants

Pattinson at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International

History of Spain [videos]

The history of Spain dates back to the Middle Ages. In 1516, Habsburg Spain unified a number of disparate predecessor kingdoms; its modern form of a constitutional monarchy was introduced in 1813, and the current democratic constitution dates to 1978. — After the completion of the Reconquista, the …

A painting of bison dating from the Upper Paleolithic era in the Altamira caves

Numancia, a painting by Alejo Vera. The Numantians kill themselves rather than surrender to Rome.

Visigothic King Roderic haranguing his troops before the Battle of Guadalete

A battle of the Reconquista from the Cantigas de Santa Maria

Brad Pitt [videos]

William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He has received multiple awards and nominations including an Academy Award as producer under his own company Plan B Entertainment. — Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & …

Pitt at the premiere of Fury in Washington, D.C., October 2014

Pitt with Andrew Lauer, roommates after college

Pitt at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival

Pitt in December 2001

History of the Netherlands [videos]

The History of the Netherlands is the history of seafaring people thriving on a lowland river delta on the North Sea in northwestern Europe. Records begin with the four centuries during which the region formed a militarised border zone of the Roman Empire. This came under increasing pressure from …

The Netherlands in 5500 BC

The Netherlands in 3850 BC

The Netherlands in 2750 BC

The Netherlands in 500 BC

History of Scotland [videos]

The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia, inhabited by the Picti, whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall. As Rome …

The oldest standing house in Northern Europe is at Knap of Howar, dating from 3500 BC.

Clach an Tiompain, a Pictish symbol stone in Strathpeffer

Scotland from the Matthew Paris map, c. 1250

King Alexander III of Scotland on the left with Llywelyn, Prince of Wales on the right as guests to King Edward I of England at the sitting of an English parliament.

Kate Winslet [videos]

Kate Elizabeth Winslet, is an English actress. She is particularly known for her work in period dramas and tragedies, and is often drawn to portraying troubled women. Winslet is the recipient of several accolades, including three British Academy Film Awards, and is among the …

Winslet at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival

Peter Jackson gave Winslet her first film role as a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994)

Judi Dench (pictured) and Winslet played the novelist Iris Murdoch at different ages in Iris (2001).

Winslet at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival

Napoléon (coin) [videos]

The Napoléon is the colloquial term for a former French gold coin. The coins were minted in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 40, 50, and 100 francs. This article focuses on the 20 franc coins issued during the reign of Napoléon Bonaparte, which are 21 mm in diameter, weigh 6.45 grams …

Reverse of the same coin 1803 Paris (AN. 11 indicates the 11th year after the French Revolution or the latter part of 1803). A coin not often seen, 58,262 were minted, this example exhibits Extra Fine details for a 206-year-old coin. The "A" denotes the Paris mint and the rooster denotes the mint master Charles-Pierre de l'Espine (1797–1821). Napoleon ordered coins struck in year 11 to be dated with Roman numerals fearing that Arabic numeral eleven would look like a two in Roman numerals and thus remind the public of the horrors of the Reign of Terror which occurred in the year 2.

Image: France 1803 04 A 20 Francs

Image: France 1807 A 40 Francs

Image: An XI Obv

National Portrait Gallery, London [videos]

The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was the first portrait gallery in the world when it opened in 1856. The gallery moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin's Place, off …

The gallery's main entrance in 2018

The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, the first painting to enter the NPG's collection

Inside the National Portrait Gallery, 2008

Demi Moore [videos]

Demi Gene Guynes, professionally known as Demi Moore, is an American actress, former songwriter, and model. Moore dropped out of high school at age 16 to pursue an acting career and appeared in the men's pornographic magazine Oui in 1981. After making her film …

Moore at the Academy Awards in 1989 with Bruce Willis

Moore and Kutcher in September 2008

Image: Demi Moore 2010 Time 100 Shankbone

Taraji P. Henson [videos]

Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress, singer, and author. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest-roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy. She received praise for playing …

Henson at the premiere of Hidden Figures in 2016

Henson in 2011

Henson in 2016

Doubloon [videos]

The doubloon was a two-escudo or 32-real gold coin; weighing 6.867 grams in 1537, and 6.766 grams from 1728, of.92 fine gold. Doubloons were minted in Spain and the viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, and Nueva Granada. The …

Doubloon - Spanish gold 4-doubloon coin (8 escudos), stamped as minted in Mexico city mint in 1798. Obverse: Carol.IIII.D.G. Hisp.et Ind.R. Reverse:.in.utroq.felix. .auspice.deo.fm.

Spanish gold 4-doubloon coin (8 escudos), stamped as minted in Mexico city mint in 1798. Obverse: Carol.IIII.D.G. Hisp.et Ind.R. Reverse:.in.utroq.felix. .auspice.deo.fm.

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