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Built during the Safavid Empire, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is a triumph of Persian architecture.
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A Los Angeles police officer looks after an abandoned baby in her desk drawer, 1971.
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B-25s flying past Mount Vesuvius in Italy as lava and ash spews from the top of the volcano. The eruption killed 57 as it destroyed the village of San Sebastiano and San Giorg. March 1944.
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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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This is an early example of a successful cranioplasty from Peru (400 CE). The patient survived, as evidenced by the well-healed in situ cranioplasty made from a gold inlay.
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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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The Punic cothon of Carthage, in modern-day Tunisia, as it would have appeared in the 3rd century BCE compared to today
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Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969. Photo by John Drysdale.
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The Library of Celsus in Ephesos.
Photo by Nazlı Atabey
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The Virgin Mary punching the devil in the face, 'The De Brailes Hours', Oxford ca. 1240
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The cast of Star Wars without costumes. Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), 1977.
Colorized by
@jecinci
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Statue of Liberty undergoing some restoration work 1984-86, New York.
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Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer who invented the Super Soaker.
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A child with bread and milk, Istanbul, Turkey, 1989
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The Making of the Perfect Martini by Guy Buffet, 2000
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1,500-year-old ceramic Maya figurine that included a removable helmet. El Perú-Waka', Petén, Guatemala
Photo by Kenneth Garrett
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Stunning detail on the statue Ugolino and His Sons, 1865–67. Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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The Le Passe-muraille (Passer-Through-Walls ) sculpture in the Paris catacombs
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The Nemean Lion Parade burgonet of Charles V made by famed armorer Filippo Negroli in Milan c. 1541
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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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Residents of West Berlin show children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, 1961
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A cup of tea and a bit of peace back in the 1800s.
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