EditorialProteus anguinus, Print, The olm or proteus (Proteus anguinus) is an aquatic salamander in the family Proteidae, the only exclusively cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe. In contrast to most amphibians, it is entirely aquatic; it eats, sleep...
EditorialZhang Shun, the White Splash in the Waves, and Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, in an Underwater Struggle (Rori Hakucho Chojun and Kokusenpu Riki). Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Japanese, 1839-1892. Date: 1887. Dimensions: Each 25.2 x 37.8 cm. Color woodblock print...
EditorialBowl in the Shape of Underwater Serpent with Upturned Neck and Coiled Tail. Mississippian; Arkansas, United States. Date: 1000-1400. Dimensions: 8.9 ? 19.7 cm (3 1/2 ? 7 3/4 in.). Ceramic. Origin: Arkansas.
EditorialRoman lead anchors from different places. Underwater found, Torredembarra, Els Carbuncles. Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia, Spain.
EditorialLe Triton. La Navigation sous-marine. [With illustrations.]. Paris, 1906. Experimental underwater breathing apparatus, known as the Triton, designed by Frédéric de Drieberg. The diver wears a metal air cylinder on the back and a metal crown on his he...
Editorial(Whole folio) Pen-and-ink drawing of nautical apparatus for recovering underwater objects, with explanatory text. Della providentia della chuera. Early 16th century. . Source: Add. 34113, f.34. Language: Italian.
EditorialIllustration of underwater plants. Illustrirtes Thierleben. Eine allgemeine Kunde des Thierreichs, etc. Hildburghausen. Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884. Illustrirtes Thierleben. Eine allgemeine Kunde des Thierreichs, etc. (Bd. 6. Von E. L. Taschenberg ...
EditorialEgyptian Art. Stele of Herakleion-Thonis. The Naucratis decree (380 B.C.). Royal Decree drafted by order of Pharaoh Nectanebo I (380-362 BC). Refers to the collection of taxes for the construction of a temple to the goddess Neith. Detail. Temporary exh...
EditorialPlate 7: a triton in the water, facing left, holding up an eel in his right hand and two other eels underwater in his left hand, from 'Second collection of various doodles and etching proofs' (Second recueil de divers griffonnements et preuves d'eaufor...
EditorialDuck-Head Vessel, 12th?9th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Ceramic, H. 2 1/2 x D. 4 1/4 in. (6.4 x 10.8 cm), Ceramics-Containers, This black vessel is in the form of an upward-facing duck with the opening of the bill functioning as the openin...
EditorialRoman lead anchors from different places. Underwater found, Torredembarra, Els Carbuncles. Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia, Spain.
EditorialJohn Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse, men in an underwater diving bell, and plans for an underwater tunnel. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.
EditorialEgyptian art. Colossal statues of a pharaoh, his wife and the god Hapi (God of fertility). Temporary exhibition "Egypt's Sunken Treasures" (Egypt's Sunken Treasures), objects found in underwater excavations in Alexandria. Martin Gropius. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialEgyptian Art. Stele of Herakleion-Thonis. The Naucratis decree (380 B.C.). Royal Decree drafted by order of Pharaoh Nectanebo I (380-362 BC). Refers to the collection of taxes for the construction of a temple to the goddess Neith. Detail. Temporary exh...