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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

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What was Salome’s legacy?

Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Salome became a popular figure in art, especially during the Renaissance (such as in the work of Masolino da Panicale). She is also featured in the art of Gustave Moreau and Aubrey Beardsley. She is the subject of Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé, itself translated into a libretto by Hedwig Lachmann for Richard Strauss’s opera adaptation.