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1,500-year-old ceramic Maya figurine that included a removable helmet. El Perú-Waka', Petén, Guatemala
Photo by Kenneth Garrett
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Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort, an 18th century star fort in village of Alcáçova, Portugal.
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Mosaic after the flood at the ancient Hellenistic town of Zeugma
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View of the Pyramids during a Solar Eclipse, August 30, 1905. Photo: Gabriel Lekegian
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The Making of the Perfect Martini by Guy Buffet, 2000
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“Disillusion” is an intricate sculpture carved from a single block of marble by Italian Artist Queirolo. Even the net is marble!
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A young French boy posing as a soldier with a dog wearing a pickelhaube, 1915.
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A 2000-year-old Thracian chariot with horse skeletons discovered by archaeologist Veselin Ignatov.
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Mummified head of a stork. Egypt, 664-332 BCE
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A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger discovered in 2019 in Germany and restored over 9 months.
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Head of Dionysus, the god of wine, uncovered in an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey
Photo by Anadolu Agency
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An Incan Wall. A great example of master Stonemasonry, Cuzco, 1400's.
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On this day in history 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in a police shoot-out near Gibsland, Louisiana.
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Indian Soldiers arriving in France, World War I, 1914. A great book on the Indian soldiers who fought and died in WWI: amzn.to/3wDJs67
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Stalin in Bailov Prison, Baku, Azerbaijan, March 1910. Color by Tural Huseyn
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For a brief period, cats delivered mail in Belgium. During the 1970s, the city of Liège “hired” 37 cats to deliver mail in waterproof bags. As expected, the cats weren’t effective mailmen. bit.ly/2TD7Khi
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Top hat worn by Abraham Lincoln the night he was shot.
National Museum of American History
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Soldiers returning home from WWII, 1945
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Built around 2500 BC, Mohen jo daro in Sindh, Pakistan was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization
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A German cavalryman wading through the snow on the Eastern Front, 1914.
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Gold Sandals, Egypt, 1479–1425 BC
The MET
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The 16th-century Sesharaya mandapam, at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in India. It's famous for its 40 leaping horses with riders on their back carved out of monolithic pillars
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Comparison of the Terrace Houses of Ephesus then and now by Nemeth Adam
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