926
A Roman Road was discovered while excavating for a new Mcdonald's in Marino, Italy. They incorporated a glass floor in the restaurant after excavations were complete.
Photo by Mauro Consilvo
927
A 16th Century ring in the collection of the Swedish history museum unfolds into an astronomical sphere.
928
Aerial view of the Temple of Ramses lll at Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt.
930
A reconstruction of a burial in Bulgaria with some of the world’s oldest known gold jewelry, 4600 BCE.
931
Roman Floor Mosaic at Bulla Regia Archeological site in Tunisia, 3rd century CE.
Photo by Dallas and John Heaton
932
A circular book dating back to 1590 CE held by the University of Forsberg, Germany.
933
The great Pyramids of Giza from above.
Photo by Mohamed Elsayed.
934
A 2,000-year-old tomb carved from a single rock, Arabia.
936
A Corinthian helmet and skull from the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. When found, the skull was still inside the helmet.
937
Carrie Fisher smiling with a stormtrooper on the set of Empire Strikes Back.
938
One of only two certified photographs of Billy the Kid (the one with the top hat), playing cards, 1877
939
Caerlaverock is a ruined medieval moated castle in Scotland, built by the Maxwell family in the 13th century
940
Little girl by the signpost at Bodö Airport, Norway, 1968. Photograph via SAS Scandinavian Airlines.
941
The ceiling and columns of the Temple of Hathor, 18th dynasty Egypt, circa 1500 BC, after being restored and cleaned in 2005
942
A candle-lit Christmas tree from late 1800s.
943
The moment a statue of Hestia was discovered in 2017 in the ruins of Aigai in Turkey.
944
A map of every country in the world using a MM/DD/YYYY date format.
945
English castle built in Bouzies, France during the Hundred Years war, 14th century.
946
Alfred Hitchcock impersonating Ringo Starr, 1964.
947
The 2000-year-old tree of Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico. It has the largest trunk diameter in the world. Its circumference is close to 60m.
948
The Kiss of Death is a marble sculpture, found in Poblenou Cemetery in Barcelona. The sculpture is thought to have been created by Jaume Barba.
949
The interior of the Orient Express. This long-distance passenger train service was created in 1883.
950
Galileo Galilei's first drawings of the moon after viewing it through his telescope in 1609 CE.
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