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Ancient wooden gate of temple, Purulia, West Bengal
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A 3,400 year old painter's palette originating from ancient Egypt.
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An Etruscan shark tooth set in a gold pendant, 4th century BC.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
529
A demonstration of how an Ancient Egyptian lock would work
530
The Shigir Sculpture is the oldest known wooden sculpture in the world, made during the Mesolithic period, shortly after the end of the last Ice Age. The wood it was carved from is around 11,500 years old.
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Cleopatra's Needle at its original site in Alexandria, Egypt, before it was relocated to England, 1870s.
532
A gold sapphire stone ring discovered by an amateur treasure hunter and their metal detector in Sherwood Forest (the home of the legendary Robin Hood). It likely dates back to the 14th century.
533
Charlie Chaplin meets Helen Keller, 1919.
534
Staircase of the medieval castle of Sperlinga, in Sicily, Italy.
Source: The World of Sicily. bit.ly/39mBiao
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Marilyn Monroe performing for the thousands of American troops in Korea, 1954.
536
A ghost sculpture at the castle of Vezio, Italy
538
A 16th Century ring in the collection of the Swedish history museum unfolds into an astronomical sphere.
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Admiral Nelson's coat from the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. It includes the hole in the shoulder caused by the musket ball that killed him.
Photo by Steve Vidler
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The ornate helmet of Ferdinand Hapsburg II, the Holy Roman Emperor. 16th century AD.
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A stone sculpture of a woman with a long embellished braid. Bhu Varaha Swamy temple, Tamil Nadu, 10th century CE, India
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This is the oldest surviving deck of 52 playing cards, made in the Burgundian Netherlands C.1475
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During the 1986 Cleveland Balloonfest over 1.5 million balloons were released simultaneously.
545
The ancient Greek city of Ephesus in present-day Turkey.
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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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U.S. Army technician Alvin Harley of the 9th Armored Division receives a kiss from a liberated French girl on Saint Valentine’s Day. Abancourt, Oise, Picardy, France. February 14, 1945. Color by Chiel Zilverberg.
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Only existing footage of Anne Frank, 1941
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Fossil of 37 million years old Whale Skeleton (65ft+ long) found in Wadi Al Hitan, Egyptian desert.
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This 'colossus' sculpture was created by Italian sculptor Giambologna in the late 1500s as a symbol of Italy's Apennine mountains.
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