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Naples - The detail of Archangel Michael from painting of Fall of the Rebel Angels in the church Chiesa dell' Ascensione a Chiaia by Luca Giordano (1657).
The Sack of Baltimore took place in 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by Ottoman Empire slavers from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. From an 1886 antique book \
David at war in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
London, UK - Feb 27, 2024 - Bas relief sculpture of The pediment of The Monument to the Great Fire of London isolated on White background with clipping path. It shows King Charles. designed by Sir Christopher Wren, Selective focus.
Detail of a bas relief from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, built around 1113 in Sessa Aurunca, a small town of the Caserta province, in Campania, Italy. The bas relief was sculpted on a marble slab by the medieval artist Pellegrino da Sessa, also known as Peregrinus, in the XIII century.
Rome, Italy – March 17, 2021: Museum piece of engraved stone
Ancient Romans battle bass relief
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8). Copper engraving by Carl Schuler, published c. 1850.
Perugia - The fresco Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle in the church Basilica di San Pietro by Giovanni Battista Lombardelli (1530 - 1587).
Milan, Italy - July 16, 2020: Sant Eustorgio, Paleochristian church in Romanesque style in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Painting in the interior
Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.\n\nThe fresco shows the Omphalos stone covered with a net and the Python wrapped around it. A priestess stands at left with a sacrificial bull.\n\nA detail from a sacrificial scene shows a bull being brought to the omphalos - Made up of a stone and a snake it represents the navel of the world - Apollo plays the zither.\n\nThe ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
Paul was a missionary, theologian, and writer. He wrote 13 epistles that make up one fourth of the New Testament. Prior to his conversion to Christianity, he was known as Saul. He was a Roman citizen who persecuted and executed believers. While traveling on the road to Damascus, Jesus appeared to him and Saul was saved. He began to travel preaching the message of Jesus. His journeys took him places like Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, Cyprus, Macedonia, Galatia and many, many more. He traveled with Barnabas, Silas, and Timothy. He was beaten and imprisoned along the way, but never lost faith in Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
Arch of Galerius in Thessaloniki, Greece on a sunny day.
Detail of Magdeburg Gates at the West Entrance to The Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Veliky Novgorod, Russia.
Florence, İtaly - 08/29/2023.\nFlorence is the capital city of the region of Tuscany in Central Italy. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 360,930 inhabitants in 2023, and 984,991 in its metropolitan area.\nFlorence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini.\nThe city attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, Forbes ranked it as the most beautiful city in the world in 2010.\nFlorence plays an important role in Italian fashion, and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub.
Picture shows Saul spared by David in the cave from Hebrew bible story in biblical costume in desert lands.
Perugia - The fresco of St. Peter baptising of centurion Cornelius in the church Cattedrale di San Lorenzo (St. Lawrece cathedral) by Marcello Leonardi (1795).
Solomon's judgment of harlots for the baby in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
Iphigeneia carried to the sacrifice by Odysseus and Menelaos\nThe House of the Tragic Poet ( also called The Homeric House or The Iliadic House ) is a Roman house in Pompeii, Italy dating to the 2nd century BC. The house is famous for its elaborate mosaic floors and frescoes depicting scenes from Greek mythology.\nFrom left to right : Agamemnon - Odysseus - Menelaos ( holding Iphigeneia ) - Calchas
David was the king who united Israel and Judah. It was through his lineage that Jesus, the Messiah, would one day be born. As a boy, he was selected to be a musician for King Saul. He also killed the Philistine giant named Goliath. David became best friends with Saul’s son, Jonathan. Saul became very jealous of David and plotted to kill him. Jonathan helped him escape. David became King of Israel and made many mistakes. He was married when he saw Bathsheba. He fell in love with her. She was also married. David arranged for Uriah to be killed in battle. He then married Bathsheba. Their firstborn son died, but she later gave birth to Solomon. David had several children with troubled lives. His son, Ammon, raped David’s daughter Tamar. Absalom, David’s third son, resented David. He became king of Hebron. A battle took place between Hebron and Israel. Joab with David’s army killed Absalom. David’s life was filled with sin, heartache, grief, and forgiveness. David ruled from about 1005 to 965 B.C. and was thought to be the ideal king. He was the writer of Psalms.
Building of the Pyramids by Gustav Richter
Avila, Castilla y Leon, Spain- August 18, 2024: Beautiful religious images carved on marble in The Retrochoir of the Cathedral of Avila city
Views and sightseeings of Rome: details of the Trajan's column in Roman Forum, narrating Rome history
Statue of Herkules at the Herkulespavillionen in Copenhagen.
East Doors (Gates of Paradise) by Lorenzo Ghiberti on Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni) in Tuscany, Italy. These doors consist of 10 panels depicting scenes from the Old Testament and were commissioned in 1424. Once completed, they were described by Michelangelo as being fit to be the 'gates of paradise'. The doors displayed are now a copy of the original, with those being displayed in a local museum.
Greek ancient alike plaque at Great Alexander monument at Thessaloniki, Greece
Cupid working as goldsmith\n\nAn ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting in the House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum. Excavated 1894-1895\n\nThe brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva commissioned their Fresco decorations from one of the leading artists; workshops so that their home would be not only a comfortable residence but also a status symbol. Cupids and their female equivalents ( psyches ) engaged in a number of different activities
King Nebuchadnezzar trained Daniel and his three friends for duty in the royal court. They refused to eat what the others ate. They ate and drank only healthy things and after training they were healthier than anyone else. At the end of three years, the four young men joined the royal court. One night, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream. Daniel interpreted the dream for him and he was appointed him head of all the royal court. The king commanded that everyone worship a statue he built. When Daniel’s friends (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) refused to do so. They were arrested and placed in the fiery furnace. God saved them by sending an angel to protect them. The king saw the fourth man and knew that God had intervened. He released them and praised God. The king became sick and Belshazzar, his son, replaced him as king. He worshiped idols. God wrote a message on the wall and Daniel interpreted it. Daniel told him the message said he would die soon because of his disobedience. Belshazzar died and Darius became king. Darius promoted Daniel. The officials became jealous and arranged for Daniel to be placed in the lion’s den. God protected him. Darius declared that everyone worship the God of Daniel.
Place Vendôme in the heart of Paris
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