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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 first known photo of a surfer (Charles Kauha). Oahu, Hawaii 1898. Photo by Frank Davey
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"After the Celebration" - A drunken man in top hat and tails clings to a lamp-post in early morning fog, London, 1934.
Photo by British photographer Bill Brandt. Source: amzn.to/3Lssg9f
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The ornate helmet of Ferdinand Hapsburg II, the Holy Roman Emperor. 16th century AD.
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17-year-old Marina Ginestà with an M1916 Spanish Mauser rifle overlooking Barcelona during the 1936 military uprising in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. Photo by Juan Guzmán. Color by Julius Colorization: bit.ly/3LqUsJu
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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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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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Sarcophagus from tombs of Yuya and Thuya, discovered in 1905.
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Discovering an approximately 3500-year-old burial mask from the tomb of Djehuty, Karnak, Egypt in 2004.
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Carmen Amaya was one of the greatest Flamenco dancers of all time. She was the first female flamenco dancer to master footwork previously reserved for the best male dancers, due to its speed and intensity.
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The 3,270-year-old Hove amber cup, found in 1856 in Hove, England. It's made of a single piece of amber from northern Europe, suggesting trade links between England and the Baltic even that long ago.
Hove Museum and Art Gallery
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Small sculpture of death with a bow. Early 16th century Germany
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A traditional medieval cave house with a courtyard found in the desert of Libya.
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Arctic Circle people have been protecting their eyes from snow blindness for over 4,000 years with snow goggles (usually carving whalebone, horn, and ivory).
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US cavalry soldiers in front of a tree called "Grizzly Giant," 1900.
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Psyche revived by Cupid’s kiss by Antonio Canova, 1787-1793
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An underwater mosaic in the Sunken city of Baia. bit.ly/3dLnEwZ
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Graf Zeppelin flying over Montevideo, Uruguay in June of 1934
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President Lincoln is meeting with the head of the future secret service, Allan Pinkerton and General McClernand. 1862. Color by Mads Madsen. See more: bit.ly/3faPshH
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Garfield phones have been washing on the shore of the Finistère coasts of France for almost four decades. There's a shipping container wedged in the rocks that has been slowly releasing them all these years. Photo by Fred Tanneau. Source: bit.ly/3iH3K9u
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