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412-11816 Clouds forming over desert landscape

990_05_2-Radio-Pol_1HR New York, New York: c. 1928 The radio operator at Station WYNC with the equipment that is to be used to send alarms to cruising police cars and stations. This could have helped prevent the deaths from the shootout in the Bronx yesterday.

2479083 DVD Morte e Vida Severina, baseado no Poema Homônimo de João Cabral de Melo Neto, Roteiro e Direção de Walter Avancini, São Paulo, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil.

2479082 DVD Morte e Vida Severina, baseado no Poema Homônimo de João Cabral de Melo Neto, Roteiro e Direção de Walter Avancini, São Paulo, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil.

2479081 DVD Morte e Vida Severina, baseado no Poema Homônimo de João Cabral de Melo Neto, Roteiro e Direção de Walter Avancini, São Paulo, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil.

2479080 DVD Morte e Vida Severina, baseado no Poema Homônimo de João Cabral de Melo Neto, Roteiro e Direção de Walter Avancini, São Paulo, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil.

2193182 Abraço da morte, nome dado ao fenômeno entre dois vegetais onde um serve de hospedeiro pra o outro.

2193181 Abraço da morte, nome dado ao fenômeno entre dois vegetais onde um serve de hospedeiro pra o outro.

1937831 ANDRÉ BARROSO ILUSTRAÇÃODiálogo- I will not lie! This is a very, very dangerous mission! You will sacrifice yourself by stopping the enemy and can fight him to death if need be!- Easy!- Wait...

1808601 A Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte se formou em 1728, tendo como principal característica admitir pessoas de todas as classes sociais, sem distinção. Em 1802, adquiriu de Joaquim de Sousa Ferreira um terreno na Rua do Carmo, onde construiu a igreja, inaugurada no dia 14/8/1810. Localizada no outeiro da Tabatinguera, dominava toda a entrada daqueles que vinham do Ipiranga em direção à cidade, tornando-se conhecida como a "igreja das boas notícias", anunciadas ao repique dos sinos. Sediou várias irmandades, entre elas, a dos sacerdotes agostinianos e o curado da Sé que para lá se transferiu durante a edificação da nova catedral. De construção modesta, em taipa de pilão, a igreja possui, no interior, capela-mor com tribunas e altar com imagem da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte, além das talhas em estilos rococó e neoclássico. Em 1980, foi restaurada pelo Condephaat.

1808596 A Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte se formou em 1728, tendo como principal característica admitir pessoas de todas as classes sociais, sem distinção. Em 1802, adquiriu de Joaquim de Sousa Ferreira um terreno na Rua do Carmo, onde construiu a igreja, inaugurada no dia 14/8/1810. Localizada no outeiro da Tabatinguera, dominava toda a entrada daqueles que vinham do Ipiranga em direção à cidade, tornando-se conhecida como a "igreja das boas notícias", anunciadas ao repique dos sinos. Sediou várias irmandades, entre elas, a dos sacerdotes agostinianos e o curado da Sé que para lá se transferiu durante a edificação da nova catedral. De construção modesta, em taipa de pilão, a igreja possui, no interior, capela-mor com tribunas e altar com imagem da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte, além das talhas em estilos rococó e neoclássico. Em 1980, foi restaurada pelo Condephaat.

1808595 A Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte se formou em 1728, tendo como principal característica admitir pessoas de todas as classes sociais, sem distinção. Em 1802, adquiriu de Joaquim de Sousa Ferreira um terreno na Rua do Carmo, onde construiu a igreja, inaugurada no dia 14/8/1810. Localizada no outeiro da Tabatinguera, dominava toda a entrada daqueles que vinham do Ipiranga em direção à cidade, tornando-se conhecida como a "igreja das boas notícias", anunciadas ao repique dos sinos. Sediou várias irmandades, entre elas, a dos sacerdotes agostinianos e o curado da Sé que para lá se transferiu durante a edificação da nova catedral. De construção modesta, em taipa de pilão, a igreja possui, no interior, capela-mor com tribunas e altar com imagem da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte, além das talhas em estilos rococó e neoclássico. Em 1980, foi restaurada pelo Condephaat.

1808594 A Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte se formou em 1728, tendo como principal característica admitir pessoas de todas as classes sociais, sem distinção. Em 1802, adquiriu de Joaquim de Sousa Ferreira um terreno na Rua do Carmo, onde construiu a igreja, inaugurada no dia 14/8/1810. Localizada no outeiro da Tabatinguera, dominava toda a entrada daqueles que vinham do Ipiranga em direção à cidade, tornando-se conhecida como a "igreja das boas notícias", anunciadas ao repique dos sinos. Sediou várias irmandades, entre elas, a dos sacerdotes agostinianos e o curado da Sé que para lá se transferiu durante a edificação da nova catedral. De construção modesta, em taipa de pilão, a igreja possui, no interior, capela-mor com tribunas e altar com imagem da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte, além das talhas em estilos rococó e neoclássico. Em 1980, foi restaurada pelo Condephaat.

71096_rf_38_face_of_death_197a1h The Face Of Death & The Fear Of Nuclear War.

71096_rf_38_nuclear_city_attack_197a2h Nuclear Explosion In Major City.

71096_rf_38_nuclear_city_attack_197a1h Nuclear Explosion In Major City.

71096_rf_38_graveyard_gathering_197a1h Mysterious Supernatural Graveyard.

990_05_1-Work-Whale_1HR Alaska: c. 1920.A whale being butchered on land in a photo by Merl Lavoy.

990_05_ML3-Rec-Hunt_1HR United States: c. 1914.Hunters with a car laden with geese and ducks.

1035_06_710342 Death of the Dauphin, Lagrenee, Louis-Jean-Fran?ois

1035_06_710335 Death of a Saint, Restout, Jean

1035_06_710324 Charles Lebrun, Largillierre, Nicolas de

1035_06_710294 Louis XV at Five 1715, Rigaud, Hyacinthe

1035_06_710164 King Charles IX 1566, Clouet, Fran?ois

1035_06_707297 Jezebel, Ahab and Elijah, Leighton, Frederic

902_05_12513203highres The Works of Shakspere (Imperial Edition) edited by Charles Knight. An etched drawing Published by Virtue & Co Ltd 1870. William Shakespeare The death of Caesar from Julius Caesar

902_05_12512805highres The suicide of Brutus after the Battle of Philippi in October 42 B.C. Marcus Junius Brutus (the Younger), 85 BC - 42 BC, aka Brutus. Politician of the late Roman Republic who took a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512796highres The sacrificial death of Marcus Curtius, a mythological young Roman who offered himself to the gods of Hades in order to save Rome. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529040highres The Passing of the Vestals. The Vestals or Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth. To be allowed entry into the order, a girl had to be free of physical and mental defects, have two living parents and be a daughter of a free-born resident of Rome, they were able to pardon prisoners condemned to death when they passed them in the streets by chance. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512744highres The murder of Albrecht Gessler by William Tell. Albrecht Gessler, aka Hermann. Legendary 14th-century Habsburg bailiff whose brutal rule led to the William Tell rebellion and the independence of the Old Swiss Confederacy. William Tell. Folk hero of Switzerland. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529019highres The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico seen here c. 1911. As long as a yearly fee was paid the bodies of the dead were numbered and registered and cared for but if payment was discontinued the bodies were cast on a heap of bones and skulls. The dry rarefied air of Guanajuato provides an environment which can lead to a type of natural mummification. This place was subsequently turned into a museum called El Museo de las Momias (The Museum of the Mummies) in 1969. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.

902_05_12529018highres The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico seen here c. 1911. The dry rarefied air of Guanajuato provides an environment which can lead to a type of natural mummification. This place was subsequently turned into a museum called El Museo de las Momias (The Museum of the Mummies) in 1969. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.

902_05_12529123highres The martydom of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 -1431, aka The Maid of Orleans. Heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War and canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12528924highres The last moments of Jurgen Wullenweber tried and accused as a traitor, before being beheaded, 1535. Jürgen Wullenwever, c. 1492 -1537, Burgomaster of Lübeck, Germany from 1533 to 1535. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512896highres The last march of Edward I. Legend tells of how he wished for his bones to be carried along on future expeditions against the Scots after his death at Burgh by Sands in 1307. Edward I, 1239 - 1307, aka Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots. King of England. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512745highres The heroic death of Arnold Winkelried. Arnold von Winkelried or Arnold Winkelried, a legendary hero of Swiss history who threw himself upon the Austrian pikes, taking some of them down with his body. This broke up the Austrian front and made an opening through which the Swiss could attack and so brought about the victory of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the Battle of Sempach, 1386 against the army of the Habsburg Duke Leopold III of Austria. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12516029highres The Graphic Newspaper/Magazine June 1st 1897, Queens Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. News of the King's death coveyed to H.M. the Queen at kensington Palace June 20th 1837.

902_05_12512710highres The feud between Eadwig and Dunstan which began on the day of Eadwig's coronation banquet when he failed to attend a meeting of nobles. When Dunstan eventually found the young monarch, he was cavorting with a noblewoman named Aethelgifu and refused to return with the bishop. Eadwig, also spelled Edwy, c. 940 - 959, aka All-Fair. King of England from 955 until his premature death in 959. Dunstan, 909 - 988. Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London, and Archbishop of Canterbury. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512933highres The death of Verginia, or Virginia, (c. 465 - 449 BC) stabbed by her father Lucius Verginius at the Shrine of Venus Cloacina, to save her from the lust of the decemviri Appius Claudius Crassus who wanted her for himself despite the fact that she was betrothed to another. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512749highres The death of Sten Sture the Younger on the ice of lake Mälaren on his way back to Stockholm after being mortally wounded at the battle of Bogesund on 19 January 1520, during the last part of Christian II of Denmark's war against Sweden. Sten Sture the Younger, Lord of Ekesiö (1493 -1520. Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, during the era of the Kalmar Union. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512724highres The death of Rubens. Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 - 1640. Flemish artist. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512717highres The death of Queen Elizabeth I, 24th March 1603. Elizabeth I, 1533 - 1603, aka The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess. Queen of England and Ireland. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512653highres The death of Masistius whilst leading a cavalry attack against the Greek forces shortly before the Battle of Plataea, c.479BC. Masistius, Persian cavalry commander best known for his role in the second Persian invasion of Greece. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512894highres The death of Lysimachus at the Battle of Corupedium, 281 BC, after some days his body was found on the field, protected from birds of prey by his faithful dog. Lysimachus, c. 360 BC - 281 BC. Macedonian officer and successor of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus (King) in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512763highres The death of King Saul at the Battle of Gilboa against the Philistines. Saul, first king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512882highres The death of Johann de Kalb,1780, at the Battle of Camden during theAmerican Revolutionary War. Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb, 1721 - 1780, born Johann Kalb. Bavarian-French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512692highres The death of James Lawrence aboard the USS Chesapeake after a single-ship action against HMS Shannon during The War of 1812. James Lawrence, 1781 - 1813. American naval officer. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512672highres The death of Germanicus Caesar. Germanicus Julius Caesar, 15 BC - AD 19. Heir-designate of the Roman Empire under Tiberius. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512689highres The death of George Washington, 1799. George Washington, 1732 - 1799. American politician, soldier, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and first President of America. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529220highres The death of General Hentzi at the storming of Buda by the Hungarian forces of Artúr Görgei in 1849. Heinrich Hentzi von Arthurm, 1785 - 1849. Hungarian general in the army of the Austrian Empire. Artúr Görgei de Görg? et Toporc, 1818 - 1916. Hungarian military leader. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512767highres The death of Codrus. After Codrus succeeded to the throne, Attica was invaded by the Dorians. The oracle of Delphi prophesied that their invasion would succeed as long as the king was not harmed. Codrus, therefore, went disguised into the enemy's camp and provoked a quarrel, in which he was killed. On discovering his identity, the Dorians retreated. Codrus, semi-mythical Kings of Athens, reigned c. 1089-1068 BC. He was an ancient exemplar of patriotism and self-sacrifice. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529510highres The death of Charles the Bold in battle at Nancy, 1477. Charles the Bold, baptized Charles Martin, 1433 - 1477. Duke of Burgundy. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512716highres The death of Catherine of Aragon, 1536. Catherine of Aragon, also spelled Katherine, 1485 - 1536. Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529283highres The death of Belshazzar, 539 BC. Belshazzar, eldest son of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian empire. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

902_05_12512798highres The death of Archimedes during the Siege of Syracuse when he was killed by a Roman soldier for not replying to a question, despite orders that he should not be harmed. Archimedes of Syracuse, c.?287 - c.?212 BC. Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512918highres The death of Alcibiades at the hands of Lysander and the Spartans. Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, c. 450-404 BC. Prominent Athenian statesman, orator and general. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529115highres The childhood of Saint Louis. Following the death of his father whilst Louis was still a child, he received a strict upbringing from his mother and her clerical advisors. Louis IX, 1214 - 1270, aka Saint Louis. King of France and a canonized saint. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12528829highres The Capuchin Crypt, a small space comprising several tiny chapels located beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini on the Via Veneto, Rome, Italy, lined with the skeletal remains of 3,700 bodies believed to be Capuchin friars. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1920.

902_05_12529029highres The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo aka Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs of the Capuchins, Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, seen here c.1911. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.

902_05_12512816highres The capture, by Charles of Anjou, of King Manfred's wife Helena Angelina Doukaina and four children Beatrice, Frederick, Henry and Azzolino, after his death in 1266. Manfred, 1232 - 1266. King of Sicily. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512848highres The burial of Alaric in the bed of the Busento River. Alaric I, c. 370/ 375 - 410 AD. First King of the Visigoths from 395-410. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529034highres The burial of a Christian martyr in ancient Rome. Christians were the targets of persecution because of thier refusal to worship the Roman gods or to pay homage to the emperor as divine. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512723highres The Brussels Guild of Marksmen paying their last honours to the Counts of Egmont and Hoorn, arrested, tried for treason and condemned to death by the Spanish Duke of Alba in 1568. Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere, 1522 -1568. General and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands. Philip de Montmorency (d. 1568), aka Count of Horn, Hoorne or Hoorn. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529017highres The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique, this resulted in the complete destruction of the town of Saint-Pierre and the deaths of close to 30,000 people. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.

902_05_12529311highres Rommel's death mask. Erwin Rommel, aka Desert Fox, 1891 -1944. German general, military theorist and field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

902_05_12512843highres Roman consul Titus Manlius Torquatus condemning his son to death for leaving his post in battle. Titus Manlius Torquatus, Roman consul 347 BC. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529235highres Marie Antoinette being led to execution during the French Revolution, 1793. Marie-Antoinette-Josephe-Jeanne d'Autriche-Lorraine, 1755 - 1793. Last Queen of France before the French Revolution, wife of Louis XVI. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

902_05_12518934highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History.William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 - 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, as the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover.

902_05_12518978highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History.George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738[c] - 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ('Hanover') in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors, he was born in England, spoke English as his first language,[1] and never visited Hanover.[2]

902_05_12513244highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian.Social History. Image from a slide presentation entitled In His step or In jesus Name. A sick man in his bed wioth the ministertalking to him before he dies

902_05_12513221highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian.Social History. Image from a slide presentation entitled In His step or In jesus Name. A sick man in his bed wioth the minister and a doctor holding his hand before he dies

902_05_12513237highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian. Social history images from In his steps Or What would Jesus do ? The readings from the popular story of C.M.Sheldon Compiled by Thomas Mitchell. Someone had thrown a heavy bottle. It struck Loreon on the head, and she fell to the ground. Virginia turned and kneeled down by her. The police officers by that time had reached the little company. Donald Marsh raised his arm and shouted over the howl that was beginning to rise from the wild beast in the mob? Stop! You've killed a woman ! The announcement partly sobered the crowdIs it true ?' Henry Maxwell asked it, as Dr. Wert kneeled on the other side of Loreen, supporting her. She's dying, said Dr. West, briefly. Loreen opened her eyes and smiled at Virginia. Virginia wiped the blood from her face, and then bent over and kissed her. Loreen smiled again, and the next moment her soul was in Paradise.

902_05_12519029highres Magic Lantern slide circa 1900. Victorian or Edwardian era. The origional monchrome ( black and white ) photograph hand coloured.The photograph is the work of G.W. Wilson photographer and slide manufacturer 1823-1893.George Washington Wilson (7 February 1823 - 9 March 1893) was a pioneering Scottish photographer. The French Riviera and Monte Carlo (lecture ) .Slide 45 Prince Charles III's monument Monaco. Charles III (8 December 1818 - 10 September 1889) was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his title in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III. He was born in Paris Charles Honore Grimaldi, the only son of Florestan I of Monaco and Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz.

902_05_12528810highres Louis the Pious at his palace of Attigny near Vouziers in the Ardennes in 822, performing penance before Pope Paschal I, for causing the death of his nephew Bernard of Italy. Louis the Pious, 778 - 840, also called the Fair, and the Debonaire. King of the Franks and co-Emperor (as Louis I) with his father, Charlemagne. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528902highres Ivan the Terrible entering Kazan in 1552. Ivan IV Vasilyevich, 1530 - 1584, aka Ivan the Terrible or Ivan the Fearsome. Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547, then 'Tsar of All the Russias' until his death in 1584. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529233highres Girondists or Girondons being taken to the guillotine for execution during the French Revolution. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

902_05_12512590highres Doctors from the Medical Association of Mainz conduct an experiment on executed bodies, 1803. After claims that a head still retained its senses two hours after decapitation two doctors remained beneath the scaffold and examined the decapitated heads following execution by the guillotine, they obtained no response from the heads and demonstrated that life was extinct and death instantaneous. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870.

902_05_12512687highres Delivering the death warrant of John Andre. John Andre, 1750 - 1780. British Army officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512952highres Croesus condemned to death on a funeral pyre by Cyrus the Great. Croesus, king of Lydia. A symbol of wealth to the Greeks, he allied himself with Egypt and Babylonia against Cyrus the Great of Persia. Defeated and captured, he was condemned to the funeral pyre, but when he invoked the name of Solon, Cyrus pardonned him and appointed him his advisor. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512750highres Conveying the body of Gustavus Adolphus to the ship at Wolgast for transfer to Sweden after his death at The Battle of Lützen, November 6, 1632. Gustav II Adolf, 1594 - 1632, aka Gustavus Adolphus or Gustav II Adolph. King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512859highres Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours in 732. Charles Martel, c. 686 - 741. Frankish statesman and military leader who as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529066highres Bringing home the body of Charles XII after his death during The Siege of Fredriksten in 1718. Charles XII, also Carl, 1682 - 1718. King of Sweden. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528909highres Archduke Maximilian, the future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, with his bride, Mary of Burgundy, in Ghent, 1477. Maximilian I, 1459 - 1519. King of the Romans aka King of the Germans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death. Mary, 1457 - 1482. Duchess of Burgundy. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528998highres A Passion play, a medieval drama. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528850highres A Parsee or Parsi tower of silence aka Dakhma, Bombay, India. A raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation - that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds, usually vultures. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1920.

902_05_12512113highres A magic lantern slide circa 1900. The death of Polycarp

902_05_12518968highres A magic lantern slide circa 1900. Religious slides . Sir Edward John Poynter, Faithful unto death. The figure of the faithful soldier, remaining at his post during the destruction of Pompeii, made an immediate hit with the Victorian public.

902_05_12518972highres A hand coloured magic lantern slide circa 1900. Saint Telemachus (also Almachus[1] or Almachius) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret,[2] tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd. The Christian Emperor Honorius, however, was impressed by the monk's martyrdom and it spurred him to issue a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. Frederick George Holweck gives the year of his death as 391. [3] The last known gladiatorial fight in Rome was on 1 January 404 AD.

902_05_12529057highres Sarah Sally Franklin Bache, 1743-1808. Daughter of Bejamin Franklin and Deborah Read. She was a civilian activist in the American Revolutionary War and, after the death of her mother, occasionally served as her father's political hostess.

71096_rf_38_drought_famine_197a1h Prolonged Drought That Resulted In Deadly Famine.

71096_rf_38_drought_famine_197a2h Prolonged Drought That Resulted In Deadly Famine.

71096_rf_38_asteroid_debrie_hitting_city_197a1h Giant Asteroid & Its Breakaway Meteorite Fragments Hitting City.

71096_rf_38_graveyard_ghost_197a1h Skeletal Ghost Standing In Graveyard

71096_rf_28_nuclear war_195a2h World War 3, An All Out Nuclear War.

71096_rf_28_wolf pack_195a3h Nazi German U-Boats Forming A Wolf Pack.

71096_rf_28_wolf pack_195a2h Nazi German U-Boats Forming A Wolf Pack.

71096_rf_28_message in a bottle_195a2h A Message For Help In A Glass Bottle, Half Hidden By Sand, With A Human Skull Lying Next To It.

71096_rf_28_in the begining_195a3h Fossilized Android Robots That Date Back To Prehistoric Times

913_03_PO07582 Color satellite image of the southern part of California, United States, from San Francisco to San Diego. The Sierra Nevada runs north to south parallel to the coast. It is home to three national parks, i.e. Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks. The Death Valley National Park is further at east. Image collected on May 1, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

902_05_12310020HighRes Woman wearing full mourning costume made of grass, Melanesia, Oceania. After the death of a man his wife was secluded for a certain time. She smeared her body in mud, wailed continuously and only left her enclosure at night. After a 19th century photograph. From Customs of The World, published c.1913.