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'Victimes de la foudre' (victims of the lightning), a drypoint etching by 19th century French artist Alphonse Legros, depicting farm workers stricken by a falling tree during a lightning storm.

A painting of a British East India Company official riding on an elephant at the end of the 18th century.

The Neolithic ceremonial site of Marden may be ten times the size of Stonehenge, and was the site of ritualized feasting.

Nri The medieval kingdom of Nri (also known as Igbo) ruled in what is now Nigeria from the 10th century A.D. until its defeat by British colonial powers in 1911. This bronze ornament, which would have decorated the staff of a powerful Nri authority, is an example of the kingdom’s elaborate metal work.

Murad III, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, wrote letters to Elizabeth that were dusted in gold.