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The Le Passe-muraille (Passer-Through-Walls ) sculpture in the Paris catacombs
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Monet with a pigeon on his head, and his wife Alice, Venice, 1908.
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Róża Maria Goździewska, the youngest Polish Nurse in the Warsaw Uprising at 8 years old 1944. Photo: Eugeniusz Lokajski “Brok”. Colored by AlixOfHesse
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A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger discovered in 2019 in Germany and restored over 9 months.
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Haid al-Jazil is a 500-year-old mud-brick village on top of a massive boulder. Wadi Dawan, Yemen.
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A cup of tea and a bit of peace back in the 1800s.
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The suitcases of people who were sent to concentration camps, Poland, Gdańsk, World War II Museum.
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Inky paw prints left by a cat on a 15th-century manuscript.
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This is a photo of the vibrantly colored ceiling of the 2000 years old hypostyle hall of the temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt. Read more: bit.ly/35s1fjF
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Rock Crystal Ewer, c. 909 CE, Fatimid Egypt. This is one of seven left in the world.
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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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Fallingwater under snow, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1935.
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Biblically accurate angels. Read more: bit.ly/3BsY8aI
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The author of Psycho, Robert Bloch, writing at his desk, 1950s.
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Muhammad Ali training underwater in Miami, 1961
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Hookah reservoir made of white jade and inlaid with gold, ruby, and emeralds. Deccan, India, 17th-18th century
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“Undine rising from the waters" is an amazingly detailed marble statue by artist Chauncey Bradley Ives.
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Bisons sculptures found in Le Tuc d'Audoubert cave. Ariege, France, 14,000 years old
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A Chinese moon bed made of satinwood. About 1875, Sung Sing Kung Factory, China.
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President Reagan Reacts to a Balloon Popping During Speech (1987)
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Queen Victoria’s last visit to Ireland filmed on April 4, 1900
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First Lieutenant Ernest Hemingway wearing his Red Cross uniform, c. 1918
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