Legendary Olivia de Havilland has been named a Dame of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She was born in Tokyo of British parents. One of the biggest stars of the Classic Hollywood period, she won two Academy Awards while appearing in 49 feature films from 1935 through 1979.

“I am extremely proud. To receive this honour as my 101st birthday approaches is the most gratifying of presents.���

Nancy Davis an actress in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s (later Nancy Reagan) posing for a publicity photo   1950

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first women in space on 16 June 1963

Nymph with a Scorpion Lorenzo Bartolini Musée du Louvre, Paris

Paris | Sculpture | Museums

Lorenzo Bartolini Fiducia in Dio - Faith in God, 1835

|| Trust in God, Lorenzo Bartolini, 1833.

Lorenzo Bartolini, Nymph and the Scorpion Louvre, Hermitage

Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850) “Charity” Marble Neoclassical

Nymph with a Scorpion by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777–1850)

Nymph with a Scorpion, 1845

Lorenzo Bartolini (1777–1850)

The Nymph of Loch Awe, 1897

Frederick William Pomeroy (1856 – 1924)

Nymph with a Scorpion, 1845

Lorenzo Bartolini (1777–1850)

Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion (earlier also called the Theseion), Athens, constructed c. 449 - 415 BC

A Roman Slave Market, ca. 1884

Jean-Léon Gérôme  (1824 - 1904)

Roman Theatre, Mérida, Spain

Built 16-15 BC, renovated twice - 1st-2nd century & 330-340 AD

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Lebanon in the 1890s

Roman arch bridge in Alcántara, Spain, 104-106 AD

via-appia

Roman theater at Bosra, Syria - one of the largest Roman theaters and the best preserved in the Middle East

Roman, Syria, 2nd century

via-appia

The theater has sustained some damage during the war in Syria.

Nymphaeum from the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum.

Roman, 1st century AD

Marble statue of Isis, found at Hadrian’s Villa

Roman, 117-138 AD