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ELD4852139: The Dutch dancer, courtesan and spy Mata-Hari (1876-1917) on the day of her arrest 13/02/1917 at the prison saint Lazare in Paris (The Dutch spy and dancer Mata Hari on the day of her arrest in Paris, posing holding a fur hat in her hand, 1917) Photography Private collection / Bridgeman Images
GIA4786892: The curse of the Pharaoh: following the discovery and opening of the tomb of Pharaoh Tout Ankh Amon (All-Ankh-Amon) in 1922 many unexplained deaths occurred among those present at the discovery. It would be the revenge of the pharaoh. The first victim was Lord Carnarvon (1866-1923). Illustration of the 1950s., Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4963512: Ancient Rome: “Helene asking Constantine I (272-337) to kill his wife Fausta (289-326) guilty of trying to seduce and then having Crispus, son of Constantine killed from a first marriage”” (Helena asking to her son Constantine to sacrifice his wife fausta) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images
ELD4945323: Four journalists Andoche Finot, Emile Blondet, Couture and Jean-Jacques Bixiou gathered in a Parisian cabaret comment on the success of Rastignac thanks to the bank house Nucingen (Four journalists Andoche Finot, Emile Blondet, Couture and Jean-Jacques Bixiou gathered in a Parisian cabaret comment on the success of Rastignac thanks to the bank house Nucingen) Engraving from “” La maison Nucingen”” by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) 1837 Private collection / Bridgeman Images