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A 2000-year-old green serpentine stone mask discovered near the base of the pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico.
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Tuberculosis patients at St. Thomas’ Hospital rest in open-air beds by the River Thames, 1936.
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The oldest known temple in the world, Göbeklitepe, Urfa.
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An illustration of French hat fashions, c. 1898-1904.
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A boy selling lemonade with a portable lemonade dispenser. Berlin, 1931.
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A Roman Silver 'Swiss Army Knife', 200 - 300 AD.
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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A house plan made by Sumerians 5000 years ago. Ground plan of a residence in Umma with central courtyard, Ur III period. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
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Coutance Cathedral, a masterpiece of French Gothic architecture, was constructed from 1210-74 (Photo: Eric Pouhier)
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West German schoolchildren speak with East German border guards at an opening in the Berlin Wall during the collapse of communism in East Germany in November 1989. Photo: Stephen Jaffe
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The first known photo of a surfer (Charles Kauha). Oahu, Hawaii 1898. Photo by Frank Davey
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The 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph “Burst of Joy," taken by Sal Vedar. A former US Prisoner of War is shown being reunited with his family.
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Robert Wadlow the tallest man ever in the recorded human history, 1936. Learn more: bit.ly/3PBCyXv
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Staircase of the medieval castle of Sperlinga, in Sicily, Italy.
Source: The World of Sicily. bit.ly/39mBiao
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The great Pyramids of Giza from above.
Photo by Mohamed Elsayed.
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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 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.
671
A 3,300-year-old hairstyle on a preserved ancient Egyptian head
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Monet with a pigeon on his head, and his wife Alice, Venice, 1908.
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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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The helmet of Sultan Mehmet Fatih, who conquered Constantinople at the age of 21, ending the Byzantine Empire.
Topkapi Museum
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