Lyvershop

By Jove

The Colourful Aztec Lady

A Lady and Her Lake

An Eruption in the Ancient World

They Gather for the Solstice

A Message from the Distant Past

White Star Line was one of the world's greatest shipping companies. It was the shipping line that built the Titanic.

The Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic in 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during on its maiden voyage. The Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service. The Titanic has become legendary in maritime history.

White Star Line was one of the maritime history's greatest shipping companies. It was the shipping line that built the Titanic.

Samuel Pepys was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament who is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man.

Puer Aeternus, Latin for "eternal boy," in mythology is a child-god who is forever young. In the analytical psychology of Carl Jung, the term is used to describe an older person whose emotional life has remained at an adolescent level.

Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus, or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC.

The Eagle of Zeus was one of the chief attributes and personifications of Zeus, the head of the Olympian pantheon.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time.

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, and it was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. Tacitus is considered to be one of the greatest Roman historians.

Gaius Plinius Secundus, called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, a naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia, which became an editorial model for encyclopedias.

A mixture of military code names used for the D-Day Landings.

The Pax Romana (Latin for 'Roman peace') is a roughly 200-year-long timespan of Roman history which is identified as a period and as a golden age of increased as well as sustained Roman imperialism, relative peace and order, prosperous stability, hegemonial power, and regional expansion.

Gaius Julius Caesar, known by his nomen and cognomen Julius Caesar, was a populist Roman dictator, politician, and military general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. He was also a historian and wrote Latin prose.

Sometime in the 19th century, the Royal Navy attempted to finally dispel the old superstition among sailors that beginning a voyage on a Friday was certain to bring bad luck. To demonstrate the falseness of this belief, they decided to commission a ship named HMS Friday. Her keel was laid on a Friday, she was launched on a Friday, and she set sail on her maiden voyage on Friday the 13th, under the command of a Captain James Friday. She was never seen or heard from again. Or so the story goes, it is believed to be an urban legend within the Royal Navy.

Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher born in Florence in 1265. He is best known for his masterpiece The Divine Comedy, which presents an encyclopedic overview of the mores, attitudes, beliefs, philosophies, aspirations, and material aspects of the medieval world. The Divine Comedy is divided into three sections: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem written by Dante Alighieri in 1308 and completed around 1321. It is widely considered one of the greatest works of world literature and is divided into three major sections: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The narrative traces the journey of Dante from darkness and error to the revelation of the divine light, culminating in the Beatific Vision of God. The Divine Comedy is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise, the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.

Michel de Nostredame, usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, physician and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.

Michel de Nostredame, usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, physician and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events. He also wrote cook books.

"Here be dragons" (Latin: Hic Sunt Dracones) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist.

Lancelot Brown, more commonly known with the nickname, Capability Brown, was an English landscape architect. He is remembered as "the last of the great English 18th-century artists to be accorded his due" and "England's greatest gardener". He designed over 170 parks, many of which still endure.

Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution.

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, also known simply as Admiral Nelson, was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was wounded in combat, losing sight in one eye in Corsica at the age of 35, and most of one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife when he was 40. He was fatally shot during his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he helped lead Britain to victory in the Second World War.

James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy. In 1770, he charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship HMS Endeavour (HM Bark Endeavour). He later disproved the existence of Terra Australis, a fabled southern continent.

Squadron 617, later called the Dam Busters, was a Royal Air Force squadron that became legendary after using a purpose-built "bouncing bomb" developed by Barnes Wallis to destroy German dams during World War 2.

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister.

Perestroika was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, and widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost policy reform.

Ship-Shape and Bristol Fashion is an old maritime term that refers to maintaining your ship in good working order. It is now a common phrase referring to keeping yourself healthy and in good order.