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The Punic cothon of Carthage, in modern-day Tunisia, as it would have appeared in the 3rd century BCE compared to today
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“Undine rising from the waters," Chauncey Bradley Ives 1810-1894.
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Soldiers returning home from WWII, 1945
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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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Clay sculpture by Benjamin Victor Bathsheba
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Breastplate Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1549.
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What is now the fully developed Las Vegas strip, 1955.
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Statue of King Arthur by Rubin Eynon, Tintagel Castle, England.
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The stunning wooden spiral staircase of Peles castle in Sinaia, Romania.
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A photo putting the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza into perspective.
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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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A statue in Istanbul to honor Tombili, a famous stray cat. He used to sit in this position and watch passers-by.
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A Victorian couple trying not to laugh getting photographed, 1890s.
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1,200 stone sculptures with different facial expressions at the nenbutsu-Ju Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
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Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer who invented the Super Soaker.
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Stairway to Heaven, the ancient Inca Trail leading to Machu Picchu, Peru. Photo: Kurt Gordon
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Fossil of 37 million years old Whale Skeleton (65ft+ long) found in Wadi Al Hitan, Egyptian desert.
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A California teacher teaching the physics of surfing, 1970.
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Cats catching squirts of milk during milking at a dairy farm in California, 1954
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Xoloitzcuintli is an ancient Aztec dog breed once considered guides for the dead on their journey to the underworld.
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“Ophelia” by Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).
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Amazing facade detail of the Red Fort in Agra, India.
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The interior of the Orient Express. This long-distance passenger train service was created in 1883.
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Eiffel Tower during construction. 1887-1889.
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Michelangelo completed his marble masterpiece, the Pietà, in 1499 when he was just 24 years old
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