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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.
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The interior of the Orient Express. This long-distance passenger train service was created in 1883.
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Galileo Galilei's first drawings of the moon after viewing it through his telescope in 1609 CE.
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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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Teddy Roosevelt's diary on the day both his wife and mother died, 1884.
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The Bronx Zoo had a 1963 exhibition called "The Most Dangerous Animal in the World." It was a mirror.
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A 3,300-year-old hairstyle on a preserved ancient Egyptian head
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The Scaligero Castle is a fortress built in the 14th century in Sirmione, Italy.
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Serving a snack on Scandinavian Airlines flight, 1969
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A Peruvian woman and her baby in the Andes, 1930s.
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17th century Emerald cup made of 252 carats of pure emerald with Persian verses inscribed on it. It belonged to Emperor Jehangir of Mughal India.
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A stone sculpture of a woman with a long embellished braid. Bhu Varaha Swamy temple, Tamil Nadu, 10th century CE, India
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This was the original "distracted boyfriend meme" but back then, it was the distracted girlfriend, 1950.
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The ancient Greek city of Ephesus in present-day Turkey.
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Statue of King Arthur by Rubin Eynon, Tintagel Castle, England.
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Archaeologists eating lunch in the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses XI, 1923.
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What is now the fully developed Las Vegas strip, 1955.
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What the earliest modern humans likely looked like 160,000 years ago.
Courtesy of Moesgaard Museum, Denmark
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American soldier reunites with his wife at train station fittingly named"New Hope." US, 1945.
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The backside of the Great Sphinx of Giza showing its giant tail. Old Kingdom, c. 2558–2532 BC
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An indigenous man knocks over a statue of Spanish conquistador Diego de Mazariegos on the 500th year anniversary of Columbus arriving in the Americas. Chiapas, Mexico, 1992.
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Ancient Egyptians believed cats had magical powers. Wealthy families hung jewelry & ornaments on their cats and dressed them in expensive clothes. They would treat cats just as they did pharaohs. If the cat died, it was embalmed.
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Irish family eating a meal of potatoes and milk, 1917.
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