Images Dated 16th January 2012

Pergamon Altar. Hecate fighting against the giant Klytios ne

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The three-faceted goddess Hecate fighting with a torch, a sword and a lance against the giant Klytios. Next to her is Artemis (she doesn't appear) fighting with a bow and arrow against a Giant who is perhaps Otos (he doesn't appear). Her hunting dog kills another Giant with a bite to the neck. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux. Castor is being grabbed from behind by a Giant who bites him in the arm and his brother hastens to his assistance. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans