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👑🌙 The Queen of the Night (Burney Relief) is a high-relief terracotta plaque depicting a naked winged woman flanked by owls and standing on the backs of two lions. 📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark. 📷 Photos 1 and 4 are ©️ by Osama S.M. Amin and the Trustees of the British Museum
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🖼️ Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia, oil on canvas painting by Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787. The National Gallery, London. #Painting #Art #Virgil #TheAeneid #Augustus #History #ArtHistory #JeanJosephTaillasson
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The Battle of Rich Mountain (11 July 1861), fought in Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) was the second Union victory attributed to Major General George B. McClellan in the beginning of the American Civil War. whe.to/ci/2-2955-en/ #history worldhistory.org/article/2955/b…
Battle of Rich Mountain: The Victory That Created an Army
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Aug 9
🔴Today is the #InternationalDayOfTheWorldsIndigenousPeoples! The Native Peoples of North America are the original inhabitants of North America believed to have migrated into the region between 40,000-14,000 years ago. 📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark.