Media Contributed by Rick
Apis stele (524 BC) Dated to the regnal year 6 of Cambyses , and depicting the king (kneeling, left) as an Egyptian pharaoh, while worshiping a dead Apis bull (right). Ironically, later Greek traditions depicted Cambyses as the slayer of this Apis bull.
Cambyses II cropped
Cambyses killing the Apis
Killing the sacred Apis, according to legend, caused Cambyses to go mad, kill, his brother, marry his sister, and lose his throne.
By Ward - The illustrated history of the world Published 1881-1884
Horned Helmet Horned helmets associated with the Vikings were a19th-century invention: There is no evidence that they were used in battle
Viking Invasion 865 to 878 A map of the routes taken by the Great Danish Army called the Great Heathen Army by the Anglo-Saxons
Ælla's execution of Ragnar Lodbrok By Hugo Hamilton (1802–1871) - Hamilton, Hugo. 1830. Teckningar ur Skandinaviens Äldre Historia. Stockholm: Gjöthström & Magnusson. Digitalized by Martling Bok & Grafik
Lothbrocus and his sons Ivar and Ubba By Uncertain from 15th-century miniature in Harley MS 2278, folio 39r. The manuscript may have been compiled under the direction of John Lydgate (d. 1449/1450)
Ragnar Lodbrok cropped
Viking Ships besieging Paris 19th century portrayal
