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Close detail of "The Green Man”, 1200's AD, Early Gothic, Bamberg Cathedral, Germany.
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Irish family eating a meal of potatoes and milk, 1917.
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This 2,000-year-old olive tree in Puglia, Italy is called "The Thinking Tree" by locals.
Photo by Nicola Di Tinco
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A kid meets André the Giant sometime in the 1970s.
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A 2,300 year old Egyptian sarcophagus displayed as found at the Sakkara pyramids south of Cairo, May 3, 2005.
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Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. Photo by Juan Sánchez.
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7000-year-old Neolithic figurines from Romania, called "The Thinker" and "The Sitting Woman"
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The legend of Kópakonan – The Seal Woman, Mikladalur, Faroe Islands. Seals were believed to be people who voluntarily sought death in the ocean.
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Mosaic after the flood at the ancient Hellenistic town of Zeugma
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Horse Handle Lapis Lazuli Dagger, Persia, 19th Century CE, The Al Sabah Collection, Kuwait
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Chichen Itza was pre-Columbian city built by Mayans. Located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico.
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Detail of a bronze statue of Standing Parvati. Chola period, c.1200 CE, Tamil Nadu, India
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The suitcases of people who were sent to concentration camps, Poland, Gdańsk, World War II Museum.
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Men waiting in a line for the possibility of a job during the Great Depression.
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An astonishing neo-Assyrian amethyst vase, 8th century BCE. Now part of a private collection.
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Amazing photo by Bob Grim of a 900-year-old church in Wicklow, Ireland.
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The helmet of Sultan Mehmet Fatih, who conquered Constantinople at the age of 21, ending the Byzantine Empire.
Topkapi Museum
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Michelangelo completed his marble masterpiece, the Pietà, in 1499 when he was just 24 years old
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Coal Miners coming up a Coal Mine Elevator after a day of work in 1920's Belgium
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Portrait of a Filipina/Chinese woman from the Philippines, 1875 Photo by Francisco Van Camp
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A young boy playing the banjo with his dog, 1920.
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Ceramic water pipes found near Epang Palace. China, Warring States, 5th-3rd century BCE
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Collecting light - Inside the Karnak temple in Luxor, Egypt. Photo: Guillaume Roche
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A ghost sculpture at the castle of Vezio, Italy
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