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One of the 4000-year-old well-preserved wagons unearthed in the Lchashen village in the vicinity of Lake Sevan. Made of oak, they are the oldest known wagons in the world. Now on display at the History Museum of Armenia
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When they realized women were using their sacks to make clothes for their children, flour mills of the 1930s started using flowered fabric for their sacks.
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Italian immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, 1905.
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Stone work at the Beji Griya Waterfall in Bali. Source: bit.ly/3wtFJbk
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Robert DeNiro and Pacino on the set of Godfather II, 1974
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A California teacher teaching the physics of surfing, 1970.
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Stunning colorized footage of Netherlands in 1896
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“Undine rising from the waters," Chauncey Bradley Ives 1810-1894.
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Joseph Stalin and his son Vasily Stalin, who died from chronic alcoholism at 41. Learn more: bit.ly/3oyid9x
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Knife with blue glass handle and ivory scabbard, inlaid with gems. Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 18th-19th century
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Robe and Axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people.
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A 300-year-old Chinese Abacus Ring, Qing Dynasty, c. 1700s. Each rod has 7 beads to help calculate business transactions.
Photo via chinaculture.org
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Depiction of Egyptian slaves in the tomb of the vizier Rekmire, c. 1450 BCE. Learn more: bit.ly/3zBho6c
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A crow "snowboards" down the roof of a building.
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A Roman floor mosaic in the House of Amphitrite depicting the goddess Venus, located at Bulla Regia, an archaeological site in northwestern Tunisia. The mosaic dates back to the 3rd century AD. Read more: bit.ly/3MLC8vT
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Little girl by the signpost at Bodö Airport, Norway, 1968. Photograph via SAS Scandinavian Airlines.
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The moment a statue of Hestia was discovered in 2017 in the ruins of Aigai in Turkey.
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A Coca Cola advertisement made by spreading grains for pigeons in Saint Mark's Square, Venice, 1960.
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The back of the Great Sphinx of Giza shows its giant tail. Old Kingdom, c. 2558–2532 BC.
Alamy/Pegaz
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Albert Einstein playing his violin, 1941
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Close detail of "The Green Man”, 1200's AD, Early Gothic, Bamberg Cathedral, Germany.
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Nine European kings posing together in 1910. Four years later, most of them would be at war. Learn more: bit.ly/3Jb9iUX
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A man takes a selfie using a stick of wood to activate the camera, 1957
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