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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 Thracian chariot with horse skeletons discovered by archaeologist Veselin Ignatov.
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The National Library of Austria, in Hofburg Palace, was constructed in the 18th century & contains 7.4 million books
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Walt Disney filming on a beach, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 1941
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"West Wind" by the 19th-century sculptor Thomas Ridgeway Gould.
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Amazing detail on this marble sculpture. The Veiled Truth by Antonio Corradini, 1752.
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The ornate helmet of Ferdinand Hapsburg II, the Holy Roman Emperor. 16th century AD.
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Residents of West Berlin show children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, 1961
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A golden Roman helmet, circa 4th century CE.
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A ghost sculpture at the castle of Vezio, Italy
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The Le Passe-muraille (Passer-Through-Walls ) sculpture in the Paris catacombs
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The Angel of Death, sculpture of a funeral gondola, Venice. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1951
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Statue of King Arthur by Rubin Eynon, Tintagel Castle, England.
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"Tree of Life" mosaic from Hisham's Palace, built in the 8th century. CE in Jericho by the Umayyad Caliphate.
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Amazing facade detail of the Red Fort in Agra, India.
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Serving a snack on Scandinavian Airlines flight, 1969
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The interior of the Orient Express. This long-distance passenger train service was created in 1883.
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Fallingwater under snow, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1935.
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Staircase designed by Leonardo da Vinci, 1516
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“Undine rising from the waters" is an amazingly detailed marble statue by artist Chauncey Bradley Ives.
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Gilded medallion with a dragon and five amethyst spheres. China, Qing dynasty, 1736-1795
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Photos of before and after the excavation and restoration of the Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq. It was built approximately 4,100 years ago by King Ur-Nammu of the Neo-Sumerian Empire.
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Robert Wadlow, tallest human in recorded history, with his parents and siblings, 1935
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A gun hidden within a bible, made for Francesco Morozini, Doge of Venice (1619-1694). The owner of the bible could pull the silk bookmark to shoot while the book was still closed. Now on display at the Museo Correr in Venice
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The Library of Celsus in Ephesos.
Photo by Nazlı Atabey
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