EditorialStele of Ushumgal, Early Dynastic I, 2900?2700 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Umma (modern Jokha), Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, H. 22.4 x W. 14.7 x D. 9.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.), Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed, Among the earliest written documents fr...
EditorialThe United States. 19th century. Ranchers brand the cows with a red-hot branding iron while the livestock owner is watching them. Colored engraving.
EditorialThe village of Fulier (or Fula people?), Senegal, with its livestock pen, grain field and cotton plantation behind the houses. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind," Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb T...
EditorialTravelling by boat, from 'Album of Scenes from Daily Life', late Choson dynasty, 19th century. Scene depicting two boats, crowded with people and livestock. The late Choson period was a period of relative prosperity in Korea. Chin'gyong, or 'true-view'...
EditorialThe Oshevnev house, a farm house relocated on Kizhi Island. The log ramp leads up to the hayloft. In such farms the ground floor housed the livestock, while the family lived on the second and third floors.
EditorialLivestock report. Cuneiform tablet from the reign of a prince of Urma, vassal of the King of Akkad, (22nd year, 10th month of reign). 2.8 x 2.2 cm AO 11328.