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A New Plan of Egypt Shewing the Entrances to the Nile
William Heather
Routes traveled by pilgrims to Mecca and Jerusalem can be seen on the southern portion of this map of Egypt. The map can be found here.
A Paysanne of the Valley of Aure
Hand-colored lithograph
A pictorial map of Egypt showing some regional resources, products, monuments & national features
United Arab Republic
Can you tell from this map what ancient civilization crushed the kermes insect to make a red dye, which they added to a colorless powder to create…
A Place for Us
Isabel Miller's novel about a romance between two women in the 1820s is considered a classic in lesbian fiction. This is the original,…
A Rollercoaster of Emotions
Horodeczny, Brooke
A pen and color pencil drawing of part of a rollercoaster track. The high and low points are labeled with different emotions and the train car is…
A screenshot of a man holding a flower pot sitting on the pillion
Abbas Kiarostami
When the actor who plays the director sits on the pillion behind the director (who’s an actor in director Kiarostami’s film) he’s like a shadow…
A screenshot of a man in Certified Copy
Abbas Kiarostami
A man is looking into the mirror in front of an open window.
A set of slides sent to McKnight
McKnight had slides created by manufacturers in many different countries. Here is a set that was mailed to her from Budapest. It is addressed to her…
A shot from the film La Source where the main character is standing in front of the community he is helping giving a speech.
Patrick Shen.
Josue Lajuenesse's passion is highlighted in this screenshot. The Haitian janitor speaks to the people of La Source while they cheer and listen…
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