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Xoloitzcuintli is an ancient Aztec dog breed once considered guides for the dead on their journey to the underworld.
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Men of the Seaforth Highlanders rest in a trench with a dog during WW1, 1915.
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A bird's-eye view of Masada, built by Herod the Great as a palace complex on top of an isolated rock plateau at the Judaean Desert.
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The oldest known temple in the world, Göbeklitepe, Urfa.
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Walt Disney filming on a beach, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 1941
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A 2000-year-old Ancient Greek floor mosaic that was accidentally discovered in Turkey (Türkiye).
Zeugma Mosaic Museum
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Crystal spearhead found in a 5,000-year-old megalithic tomb in Spain. The tomb had the remains of 25 individuals, several of whom had consumed a poisonous substance
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The ancient Greek city of Ephesus in present-day Turkey.
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A 900-year-old church still standing in Wicklow, Ireland.
Photo by Bob Grim
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The 2000-year-old tree of Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico. It has the largest trunk diameter in the world. Its circumference is close to 60m.
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Lawnmower with air conditioning, circa 1950
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A bird's-eye view of Masada, built by Herod the Great as a palace complex on top of an isolated rock plateau at the Judaean Desert.
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A cup of tea and a bit of peace back in the 1800s.
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Cutting a sunbeam, 1886. Photo by Adam Diston.
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A village on Guoqui island abandoned by humans over 30 years ago, now covered in vegetation.
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Robe and Axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people.
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The suitcases of people who were sent to concentration camps, Poland, Gdańsk, World War II Museum.
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A bracelet clasp with a jellyfish pattern on an emerald cameo, 18th century, England
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Installed in 1410, this 600-year-old clock in Prague is the world's oldest astrological clock still in operation.
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Children in minobashi raincoats going to a new year's event, Niigata prefecture, Japan 1956
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Oldest surviving pair of Levis jeans dating back to 1879.
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