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— Julius Caesar, Commentaries on the Gallic War

Melk Abbey Library, Austria (by nbowmanaz)

Medieval physician preparing lotions from the bodies of vipers, 1491

The remains of a traditional sod house in Tikiġaq (Point Hope, Alaska), constructed with bowhead whalebone frames and wooden archways. It was occupied until 1975 by Nanny Ooyahtona. Abandoned homes like this have been reported to be used as dens by polar bears.

Atlas Supports the Heavens on His Shoulders by Bernard Picard (1731)

Hymn of the Pythagoreans to the Rising Sun by Fyodor Bronnikov (1877)

Coins from some famous Greek City-States/Leagues/kingdoms

Below text from Indo-European Fire Rituals: Cattle and Cultivation, Cremation and Cosmogony (Routledge, 2022) by Anders Kaliff and Terje Oestigaard: "Traces of fire rituals in the archaeological material are much more common than just in funeral contexts. Remains of fire altars with traces of sacrifices, seasonal fires linked to agriculture as well as ritual activities connected to the hearth of the home, are other find categories that are included which indicates a much more general and widespread use of various fire in cult and cosmology. These rituals have been deeply rooted and integrated in culture and society and thus represent very long continuities and historic trajectories. This in turn has resulted in the fact that in many cases the traditions have been preserved until recent times, even if in a partially modified and Christianised form, in the form of folk beliefs, including notions of the magical and healing power of fire, sacrifices to the hearth of the home and not least seasonal fires."

The Way Home (1920) by Peder Mørk Mønsted

Le Triomphe du Cygne (The Triumph of the Swan),(Detail), (1908), by Léon-François Comerre (French, 1850 – 1916), signed 'Leon Comerre' (lower right), oil on canvas, 63.7 x 99 cm, Private Collection

There’s a section towards the end that has a really extensive list of museums and other resources which is a little outdated since the book was published in 2000 but still mostly relevant. I have no idea how my grandmother found this book for me but I’m very excited to give it a full read.