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A Filipino baby and her family inside a human zoo in New York (Coney Island), US, 1906. Human zoos were once very common in the Western world.
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The Siberian Ice Maiden, or the Princess of Ukok, is a female mummy with tattoos from the 5th century BC. Republic of Altai, Russia.
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Aerial view of the Temple of Ramses lll at Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt.
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Arctic Circle people have been protecting their eyes from snow blindness for over 4,000 years with snow goggles (usually carving whalebone, horn, and ivory).
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The Scaligero Castle is a fortress built in the 14th century in Sirmione, Italy.
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The jaws of an ancient Megalodon shark that lived around 23 to 3.6 million years ago vs. a modern-day Great White.
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An ancient Indian swimming pool from the 5th century CE that's still used to this day.
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View of the Pyramids during a Solar Eclipse, August 30, 1905. Photo: Gabriel Lekegian
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One of the earliest photos of the Taj Mahal, India, 1850s.
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A California teacher teaching the physics of surfing, 1970.
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Soviet peasants listening to a radio for the first time, 1928.
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Two men remove the preserved carcass of a juvenile mammoth named "Dima," 1977. He died at the age of 6-8 months some 40,000 years ago. His stomach still contained traces of his mother's milk
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The inside of a German WWI era U-Boat.
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Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who refused to surrender until 1974, 29 years after WW2 ended.
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Dr. Religa monitors his patient’s vitals after 23-hour-long (successful) heart transplant. His assistant is sleeping in the corner, 1987.
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The sarcophagus in the burial chamber of Tutankhamun, 1923. Photo by Harry Burton
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Amazing photo by Bob Grim of a 900-year-old church in Wicklow, Ireland.
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59 ½ Mulberry Street, a back alley in Manhattan, New York City, better known as “Bandit’s Roost” due to being the most dangerous area in Mulberry Street, 1888. Photo by Jacob Riis.
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Ancient Greek helmets, Altes Museum, Berlin
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Victorian Prosthetic Arm, Europe, 1850-1910.
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The Nemean Lion Parade burgonet of Charles V made by famed armorer Filippo Negroli in Milan c. 1541
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Samurai octopus helmet, 1700s, Japan.
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A 2,300 year old Egyptian sarcophagus displayed as found at the Sakkara pyramids south of Cairo, May 3, 2005.
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3300-year-old wool trousers discovered in the vast Yanghai cemetery near Turfan, northwestern China.
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Thousands of telephone lines, Stockholm, 1890.
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