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These two Anglo-Saxon gold rings were commissioned by Aethelwulf, king of Wessex, for him & his daughter c.850 AD
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Romand bronze sculpture of a hand in a "hangloose" position, 2nd - 3rd Century CE.
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Oldest surviving pair of Levis jeans dating back to 1879.
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A snake sculpture from U Thong District in Thailand. 6th-11th century CE.
Bangkok National Museum
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The left hand of the Statue of Liberty under construction, 1883.
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Grand Staircase in the Palace of Knossos, Crete, 2200-2000 BC
Photo by Steve Jurvetson
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A golden Roman helmet, circa 4th century CE.
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A photo putting the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza into perspective.
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little girl holding her pet toad at a pet show at Venice Beach, California, USA in 1936.
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The director of the Belgrade Zoo tries to convince Sami the chimpanzee to return home after he escaped, 1988
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The Travelers, also known as Les Voyageurs, are bronze surrealist sculptures by the French artist Bruno Catalano. The central part of each statue is missing. The artist has said that the statues are meant to represent those who leave their home country.
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Stunning detail on the statue Ugolino and His Sons, 1865–67. Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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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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During WWII, Jews in Budapest were brought to the edge of the Danube, ordered to remove their shoes, and shot, falling into the water below.
60 pairs of iron shoes now line the river's bank, a ghostly memorial to the victims.
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Monet with a pigeon on his head, and his wife Alice, Venice, 1908.
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Stoney First Nation member, guide Samson Beaver with his wife Leah and daughter Frances Louise, 1907.
Photo by Mary Schäffer.
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Venice, Italy, 1950. Photograph by David Seymour.
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A statue in Istanbul to honor Tombili, a famous stray cat. He used to sit in this position and watch passers-by.
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This 2,000-year-old olive tree in Puglia, Italy is called "The Thinking Tree" by locals.
Photo by Nicola Di Tinco
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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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Mobsters hide their faces at Al Capone's trial in 1931.
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