Images Dated 16th January 2012

Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft

Photograph showing a Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft, right view, standing on a grass airfield with it?s crew in the cockpits, 1917-1918 (c). The pilot sits, while the observer stands in his cockpit leaning with his elbow on the fuselage. From an album containing 96 photographs relating to Lt William Charles Carter who served in the Artists? Rifles The London Regiment from 1913 and 13 Sqn Royal Flying Corps 1917-1918. The RE8 was one of the standard British reconnaissance and artillery spotting aircraft from mid-1917 to the end of the war. Over 4, 000 were built and they were armed with a synchronised forward-firing . 303 inch Vickers machine gun and a Lewis gun on a Scarff ring in the observer's cockpit. Date: circa 1918

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant Alcyoneus

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants. Athena taking the young Alcyoneus by the hair while his mother, Gaia, leaves the ground due to the death of his son. Next, the winged Nike. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

Urartu civilization. Pectoral and gold medallion decorated w

Urartu civilization. Pectoral and gold medallion decorated with reliefs. The pectoral depicts the image of god Haldi on the throne and his wife Arubani. The madaillon, a seated goddess. From Tushpa or Toprakkale. 7th century B.C. Turkey. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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