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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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A World War 1 memorial in Vácrátót, Hungary - a family missing their father.
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The golden sandals Of King Tutankhamun, 18th-dynasty. Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo.
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Statue of Liberty undergoing some restoration work 1984-86, New York.
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Romand bronze sculpture of a hand in a "hangloose" position, 2nd - 3rd Century CE.
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Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. Photo by Juan Sánchez.
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Detail of a bronze statue of Standing Parvati. Chola period, c.1200 CE, Tamil Nadu, India
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Some medieval humor, Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, c.1050
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Gauntlet of “Lion” armor of Henry II, king of France, 1550.
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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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A child with bread and milk, Istanbul, Turkey, 1989
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A statue probably representing the Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra III, 142-101 BCE, in the sunken city of Thonis, Heracleion.
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An early photograph of the junction of Steep and Trenchard, Bristol, England.
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Trinity College is home to one of the world's most beautiful libraries. Inside is The Long Room, which contains 200,000 historic volumes.
Photo by Failte Ireland
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The 3,200-year-old tomb of Queen Nefertari also called the Sistine Chapel of Ancient Egypt. The paintings, which are found on almost every available surface in the tomb, are considered to be the best-preserved and most eloquent decorations of any Egyptian burial site
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A horse-drawn omnibus from the 1890s. Two or three horses would pull them. Companies that ran them like the London Omnibus company had stables around the city to switch them out periodically.
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A man takes a selfie using a stick of wood to activate the camera, 1957
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Men waiting in a line for the possibility of a job during the Great Depression.
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A 3,400 year old painter's palette originating from ancient Egypt.
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An astonishing neo-Assyrian amethyst vase, 8th century BCE. Now part of a private collection.
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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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English castle built in Bouzies, France during the Hundred Years war, 14th century.
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Some medieval humor, Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, c.1050
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