Women by the Nile river, Egypt, c. 1900

A Canadian soldier resting in a foxhole in Normandy, France, 1944

A father and son after a day of hunting, c. 1870s-1890s

African slaves in chains to be sold by Arab merchants, c. 1890s

Prospectors washing for gold during the California gold rush, c. 1850

The streets of Bishopstoke, England, bedecked in flags for a festival, c. 1890s-1900

Italian fighter pilots with a Macchi C.205, Campoformido, Italy, 1944

A GI machine gun crew (2d Battalion, 26th Infantry) with a M1919 Browning against the Nazi Wehrmacht in the streets of Aachen, Germany, October 1944

7 October 1571: The Holy League of southern European nations destroys the Ottoman fleet off Western Greece at the Battle of Lepanto. Considered by many to have been one of the most important naval battles in human history, this battle saved the Christian West from defeat by the Ottoman Turks.
In the encounter, which lasted about five hours, more than 30,000 Muslim Turks and 8,000 Christians were slain. It was also remarkable as the last and greatest engagement with oar-propelled vessels.

✡️ A young Jewish boy in Jaffa in the Holy Land selling etrogs (citrus) for Sukkot, c. 1910-1920s 🍋

Russian Guards of the Hussar Regiment attack Ottoman forces near the village of Telish in Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War, October 1877

American soldiers cross the Siegfried Line and march into Germany, WWII

Shucking corn on a North Carolina farm, c. 1930s

Threshing rice, Japan, c. 1900

Confederate volunteers posing for a photo before heading off to war, c. 1861. One is wearing a Revolutionary War uniform belonging to one of his ancestors to make a point that they too are fighting for independence.

🇮🇹 An Italian soldier during WWI, 1916 (colourised)

Jews praying at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, c. 1890s-1900

Veli Lošinj, Croatia (then part of Austro-Hungary), c. 1890s (photochrome)

🇺🇸 US Navy Sailors in their bunks, WWII, 1943

Zulu warriors, early 1900s