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A circular book dating back to 1590 CE held by the University of Forsberg, Germany.
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A staged photo in Life Magazine mocking the Hays movie censorship Code. The model is violating as many of its rules as possible in a single image. 1934.
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Located in Air Massif, Niger are two of the biggest animal rock petroglyphs in the world, called the Dabous Giraffes, dated 8000 BC.
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Statue of King Arthur by Rubin Eynon, Tintagel Castle, England.
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Petra Theater was built over 2,000 years ago by the Nabataeans, not the Romans like many believe. The site was chiseled out of rock. Photo by Fulpez
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A 2,000-year-old tomb carved from a single rock, Arabia.
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A Victorian couple trying not to laugh getting photographed, 1890s.
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Chichen Itza when it was discovered in 1892 vs Present Day.
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A 900-year-old church still standing in Wicklow, Ireland.
Photo by Bob Grim
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Cutting a sunbeam, 1886. Photo by Adam Diston.
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A young boy playing the banjo with his dog, 1920.
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Crystal spearhead found in a 5,000-year-old megalithic tomb in Spain. The tomb had the remains of 25 individuals, several of whom had consumed a poisonous substance
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The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1800 papyri that were carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (79 CE). IT'S the only surviving library from antiquity that exists in its entirety. With x-rays, these scrolls are being read for the first time in millennia
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A 2000-year-old Ancient Greek floor mosaic that was accidentally discovered in Turkey (Türkiye).
Zeugma Mosaic Museum
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Armour of Sir Christopher Hatton, made by Jacob Halder in 1585. Royal Collection Trust. Learn more: amzn.to/3yFHNzQ
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Bust of Charlemagne that contains the top part of his skull, c. 1350. Louvre Museum. Learn more about Charlemagne: bit.ly/3au1L6W
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"West Wind" by the 19th-century sculptor Thomas Ridgeway Gould. Source: bit.ly/38BTQU5
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Globe from the Persian Crown Jewels. Over 34kg of solid gold and more than 51,000 diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. Made during the reign of Shah Nasseridin, 1848-96.
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A 2000-year-old Thracian chariot with horse skeletons discovered by archaeologist Veselin Ignatov.
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Lawnmower with air conditioning, circa 1950
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1,200 stone sculptures with different facial expressions at the nenbutsu-Ju Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
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Gold mourning ring with the inscription “Let Love Abide till Death Divide”, England, 1600's.
The British Museum.
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