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A 2000-year-old green serpentine mask found at the base of a pyramid in Mexico
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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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A 2,000-year-old tomb carved from a single rock, Arabia.
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Residents of West Berlin show children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, 1961
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Head of Dionysus, the god of wine, uncovered in an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey
Photo by Anadolu Agency
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7000-year-old Neolithic figurines from Romania, called "The Thinker" and "The Sitting Woman"
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Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969. Photo by John Drysdale.
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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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Breastplate Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1549.
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Gloucester Cathedral cloisters are famous for their beautiful fan vaults built in the late 14th & early 15th century
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One of only two certified photographs of Billy the Kid (the one with the top hat), playing cards, 1877
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The Library of Celsus in Ephesos.
Photo by Nazlı Atabey
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Stunning colorized footage of Netherlands in 1896
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Boy standing in front of fallen statue of Lenin, Ethiopia, 1991
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Some medieval humor, Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, c.1050
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“Disillusion” is an intricate sculpture carved from a single block of marble by Italian Artist Queirolo. Even the net is marble!
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An illustration shows a monk seducing a nun, who becomes pregnant and has an illegitimate baby. She then disposes of the baby in the privy (toilet). From the Miracles de Notre Dame, 71 A 24.
Royal Library of the Netherlands
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American soldier reunites with his wife at train station fittingly named"New Hope." US, 1945.
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The iconic San Francisco Cliff House before it was destroyed in a 1907 fire. Somehow it had survived the 1906 earthquake a year before.
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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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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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A staged photo in Life Magazine mocking the Hays movie censorship Code. The model is violating as many of its rules as possible in a single image. 1934.
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