X-ray scans of Carreno de Miranda's 1681 portrait of the King Charles II of Spain reveal that the artist painted over an earlier portrait of the King when he was much younger [1200x1145]

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More than 10,000 years ago, a woman or young man made 2 trips separated by at least several hours, carrying a toddler in at least one direction. Their trackway, in what's now New Mexico’s White Sands National Park, stretch for 1,5 km and consists of more than 400 human prints [1377x1444]

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A 1,500-year-old arrow was discovered last week in Norway, nestled between rocks. The research team believes it was encased in ice and was then transported downslope when the ice melted [2048x1536]

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There are 5 temples in Kyoto, Japan, that have blood stained ceilings. The ceilings are made from the floorboards of Fushimi Castle where Torii Mototada and his remaining 380 samurai warriors killed themselves, in 1600, after a long hold-off against an army of 40,000 for 11 days [999x1432]

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The Sweet Track is a 5830-year-old Neolithic timber walkway, located in the Somerset Levels in England and discovered in 1970. It was originally part of a network of tracks built to provide a dry path across the marshy ground [1399x1024]

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The Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeria, is an ancient ruin that stands out in the middle of an ocean of dunes, and it's history has been lost over the centuries. The only news related to it is that for a certain period of time it was occupied by the Jews of the Timimoun region [745x998]

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Dr Irving Finkel holding a 3770-year-old tablet, that tells the story of the god Enki speaking to the Sumerian king Atram-Hasis (the Noah figure in earlier versions of the flood story) and giving him instructions on how to build an ark which is described as a round 220 ft diameter coracle [672x900]

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A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger, that was discovered by an archeology intern in 2019 in Germany, before and after nine months of careful restoration work [2154x2011]

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The shaman of Bad Durrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was burried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle [2077x1962]

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A Viking era ring inscribed with the words 'for Allah', found in the grave of a woman who was buried 1200 years ago in Birka, 25 km west of modern-day Stockholm. The ring constitutes a unique material evidence of direct contact between the Vikings and the Abbasid Caliphate [2000x1357]

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In the summer of 2018, at Rousses, Crete, a farmer was trying to park below the shade of an olive grove in his property. The ground gave up and through the 1.2 meter (4ft) hole he found a Minoan tomb, undisturbed for around 3,400 years, this is pretty much the first good look at it. [760x507]

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Modesty by Antonio Corradini is a marble sculpture completed in 1752 during the Rococo period. Corradini was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro to sculpt a memorial for his mother in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples, where the marble sculpture remains today [768x865]

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What the pyramid of Khafre looked like 4,500 years ago compared to today. The pyramids of Giza were originally covered with highly polished white limestones, with the capstones at the peak being covered in gold [1000x1135]

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A Roman temple-theater complex rediscovered by chance on February 2000 in Monte San Nicola, Italy. Located on a tip of a mountain (about 450 m above sea level ), the complex dates back to the 4th century BCE [1440x1799]

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A neon saleman’s sample case, cirka 1935. [700x700]

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This is one of many hair ropes used during the reconstruction of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple in 1895 in Kyoto. As there was no rope strong enough to hoist the temple’s massive wooden beams, in response, female devotees cut off their hair and braided it into strong and thick ropes [682x1631]

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The world's oldest undeground station, Baker Street, England. 160 years apart [1412x1424]

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An Ottoman supply train still resting where Lawrence of Arabia ambushed it nearly a century ago on the Hejaz railway. (3400x2274)

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Charlemagne's Throne in Aachen. From then until 1531, it served as the coronation throne for thirty-one Kings of Germany. (1280x1920)

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One of the hundreds of elongated skulls that were discovered in 1928 at Paracas Peninsula in Peru. Cranial deformation was practiced by the Paracas civilization (800-100 BCE) by tightly wrapping the head in cloth, during the first few years of life, in order to elongate the cranium [2069x1592]

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The Swedish warship Vasa. It sank in 1628 less than a mile into its maiden voyage and was recovered from the sea floor after 333 years almost completely intact. Now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, is the world's best preserved 17th century ship [1994x2048]

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The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1800 papyri that were carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (79 CE), constituting the only surviving library from antiquity that exists in its entirety. Now using new x-ray technique, these scrolls are being read for the first time in millennia [3072x4352]

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carbonized loaves of bread from Pompeii and Herculaneum! (640x640)

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Les Saltimbanques - painting by Gustave Dore depicting family of street performers mourning their child who is critically wounded after an accident during tightrope walking, France, 1874 [1172x1432]

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The early Bronze Age Grave 110 of a rich woman, from Franzhausen I cemetery in Austria. The woman, who died approximately 4000 years ago, was found buried with elaborate bronze ornaments and a unique headdress. Now housed at the Natural History Museum in Vienna [2696x2048]

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Ukrainian soldiers dug trenches and discovered ancient amphoras dated to around 4-5 centuries BC. Artifacts were transferred to the Odessa Archaeological Museum. [640x853]

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Tea gown, France, ~1897. Owned by the Countess Greffulhe, who often chose clothing of a brilliant green color because it complemented her auburn hair. [683x1024]

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Portrait of U.S. president Chester A. Arthur in samurai attire, painted for him as a gift by Nakayama Toshitsugu. Japan, 1881 [1500x2200]

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Believed to be 11,000 years old. Karahantepe (Near Gobeklitepe) Discovered yesterday. (1242x1558)

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You used to always say to me, 'Let’s live together until our hair turns white and die on the same day.' So how could you go ahead and leave me behind? Letter by a woman to her deceased husband, discovered in the man's grave along with a lock of her hair. Korea, 1586. [1024x621]

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Roman bronze sculpture of a hand in a hang loose position, 2nd - 3rd Century C.E. (532x504)

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A 19th century Japanese Firemen’s coat decorated with a spider hovering over an abandoned Go board. [1080x835]

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Jade burial suit, Han Dynasty (202BCE - 220CE) [1280x837]

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More than 100 old books, manuscripts and documents, some 1,200 years old, were recently discovered in the attic of the St. Margaret Evangelical Church in Medias, Romania, by a team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Adinel Dinca from the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj [2048x1536]

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A Native American 28-foot canoe estimated to be 1,000 years old was recovered last week from southeastern North Carolina's Lake Waccamaw [1280x1753]

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The graves of a catholic woman and her protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together because of their differing faiths. 1888 CE, located at Het Oude Kerkhof in Roermond, the Netherlands [1920x2553]

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Years of restoration at the 2,200-year-old Temple of Esna, in Egypt, has revealed the vibrant original colors that have been covered by centuries of dirt, soot, and bird poop [1439x3019]

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A nearly complete 1st century BCE carnyx found in 2004 at Tintignac, France (the one in the left picture, with a reconstruction in the right). Fashioned as a snarling boar, the carnyx was a war horn used by the Iron Age Celts between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE [1513x1536]

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A golden ram and a stone lion, found in a tomb at the archaeological site of Gonur Depe (dated from 2400 to 1600 BCE) in Turkmenistan. The finger in the background shows how small these figures are, demonstrating the extraordinary skill of the craftsmen [1900x1276]

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Roman bird-shaped glass vessels were used as perfume bottles. The liquid was sealed inside the vessels and the tip of the tail had to be broken to remove the perfume. The one in the bottom picture (dated to the 1st century CE) is still intact and filled with the scented content [1279x1632]

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Just found this old document showing that one of my ancestors served under Napoleon I as light infantryman during the entirety of his reign [4032x3024]

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The Castle of Coca is a castle located in the Coca municipality, central Spain. It was constructed in the 15th century and has been considered to be one of the best examples of Spanish Mudejar brickwork which incorporates Moorish Muslim design and construction with Gothic architecture [1349x1687]

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A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of felted sheep’s wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Vasterbottens Museum in Sweden. (612x578)

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Hidden painting showing St George slaying a dragon found behind a 16th century painting titled “Life of San Severo” - Church of Saint George Maggiore in Naples, Italy - Discovered during restoration. Link to video in comments. [1200 x 1500]

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“Death blowing bubbles,” one of the several depictions of death created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey in Bamberg, Germany. The bubbles are symbols of the fragility of life [1080x1009]

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Body part-shaped hot water/oil bottles found at the Asklepieion of Nea Paphos, Cyprus. Dated in the Roman era, exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Paphos. [2080x4144]

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The physical change of the Roman emperor Nero as seen on the coins issued during his reign [348x388]

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This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap. [1800x1200]

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The Theodosian Walls (the walls of Constantinople), the strongest fortification of humanity for over a millennium [1000x1217]

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In 1938, 17 brass and copper heads and the upper half of a brass figure (dated to the 14th-15th century CE) were found by accident during house building works at Ife in Nigeria. The realism and sophisticated craftsmanship of the objects challenged Western conceptions of African art [1061x1222]

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A 15-foot-long dugout canoe discovered last fall in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota has been scanned with high-tech tools and dated to around 1,200 years ago [2987x2562]

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The Cosquer cave is a Palaeolithic decorated cave, located in France, that contains numerous cave drawings dating back as far as 27,000 years BP. The cave has more than 200 parietal figures and is also the only decorated cave whose entrance opens under the sea [2560x3253]

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The use of LIDAR technology on the sprawling metropolis of Calakmul, in southern Mexico, has allowed archeologists to peel away the rainforest and reveal the remains of an ancient Maya city nearly twice the size of the City of Vancouver [1439x1794]

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Photo of an upper lid coffin found in newly discovered Egyptian cemetery, dated New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty B.C [1152x1536]

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Amethyst grapes with jade leaves. China, Qing dynasty, 19th century [2640x2100]

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2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia (c.400-300 BCE): this artifact was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact [1628x1999]

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Napoleon Bonaparte’s death mask in bronze, cast 40 hours after his death on 5 May 1821. (1280x853)

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Spear and arrow heads from the Battle of Thermopylae [4517 x 6225]

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A new research revealed this year that this obsidian mirror used by Queen Elizabeth I’s famed political advisor and occultist John Dee to 'speak' with angels has Aztec origin. The mirror was crafted in Aztec Mexico more than 500 years ago and is now on display at the British Museum [1200x1787]

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This whaling suit from Greenland, made some time before 1834, is the only complete suit of its kind in the world. The hunter crawled into the sealskin suit through the central hole, making it waterproof by pulling the hole closed. Now housed at the National Museum of Denmark [613x1312]

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These stunning mosaics have just been unearthed under a vineyard in Italy, in the province of Verona, near the town of Negrar. They have been dated from 3rd to 4th Century [720x960]

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The Norias of Hama are a series of 17 norias, historic water-raising machines for irrigation, along the Orontes River in Hama, Syria. They are notable for their medieval origins and for the enormous size of two of them, which were for nearly 500 years the tallest waterwheels in the world [600x882]

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The mummy of king Tutankhamun was laid inside 3 coffins nested within each, with the innermost coffin made of 110.4 kg of solid gold. For the first time since his tomb was opened 100 years ago, the 3 coffins will be displayed together at the new Grand Egyptian Museum [1124x1967]

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A freshly discovered fresco in Pompeii with a tray of food on it (source in comment)[1280x856]

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Medieval ax with a preserved wooden handle discovered on the island of Ledniczka in Poland [800x1200]

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A trove of 24 bronze statues was just discovered in a network of baths built by the Etruscans in Tuscany, dating back 2300 years. They were preserved by mud and boiling water from the hot springs in the baths. (3072X2304)

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Depictions of Medjed from the Greenfield papyrus (950s-930s BCE). Medjed (meaning The Smiter) is an ancient Egyptian god who shoots rays of light from his eyes, and who goes round about heaven robed in the flame of his mouth, commanding Hapi (Nile god), but remaining himself unseen [456x338]

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The Pine Trees screen is a pair of six-panel folding screens, by Hasegawa Tohaku, that depicts a view of Japanese pine trees in the mist, with parts of the trees visible and parts obscured. The screens, made in the late 16th century, were designated as a National Treasure of Japan in 1952 [1000x524]

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Frog, by the Japanese artist Matsumoto Hoji. 1814 CE [1120x1578]

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Remnants of a ringed iron age hill fort built at Old Sarum, dated to 400 B.C., in Salisbury, England. (3789x3789)

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A pair of Levi's jeans from the 1880s found down an abandoned New Mexico mine have been sold at auction for a total of $87,400. They are flecked with wax over the legs from where the original owner labored under candle light [1153x1798]

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Column from a XII Century portal, Saint-Lazare d'Avallon church (France) [934x934]

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An early example of a successful cranioplasty (Peru, ca. 400 CE). The patient survived, as evidenced by the well-healed in situ cranioplasty made from a gold inlay. Now on display at the Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World in Lima [1200x1448]

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Executioner's sword with inscription that reads When I raise this sword, so I wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life. Germany, late 17th century [4000x3900]

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9000 year old cave painting in Tassili cave Algeria . Depicting a shaman during psychedelic mushroom use. (890x 632)

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The coronation gloves of Elizabeth I (1559) and Elizabeth II (1953) [706x1000]

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A 3,000-year-old clay pig found in 2020 at the Lianhe Ruins in China. When it was discovered, the pottery has gone viral as it looks similar to the pigs in AngryBirds. Now housed at the Sanxingdui Museum [1190x947]

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A large Roman mosaic depicting a lion found in Salakta, Tunisia. 3rd century CE, now on display at Salakta archeological museum [640x535]

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My 200 year old house was used as a hospital during the American Civil War. These were found in or around it by myself. (4032 ×3024)

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The Roman Amphitheatre of Catania in Sicily, 2nd century CE. The city of Catania has been buried by lava a total of 17 times in recorded history, and in layers under the present-day city are the Roman city that preceded it, and the Greek city before that [1080x1251]

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A 1800-year old ceramic horse. Han Dynasty (202 BCE– 9 CE, 25–220 CE), now housed at the Sanxingdui Museum in China [695x900]

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Over 100,000 ceramic wares from two Chinese shipwrecks, 1500 meters deep in the South China Sea. Discovered in May 2023. Ships dated to the Ming dynasty, 1506-1522 [1650x1890]

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A 2000 year old Roman child's wooden sword found from the Vindolanda fort site in northern England. (1472x2047)

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Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres (its entrance is highlighted by a red circle) and has to be climbed on foot to reach. It is notable for its wall paintings dating back to the 5th century [4312x2918]

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A 700-year-old well-preserved lacquer coffin dating back to the Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368), discovered in east China's Jiangsu Province in 2018 [1920x2880]

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A Roman rock crystal die from the 1st-2nd century CE. Housed at The British Museum. (437x483)

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Robe and Axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people. (540x853)

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Khara-Khoto is an abandoned city in Inner Mongolia, China. Built in 1032, the city thrived under the rule of the Western Xia dynasty. It has been identified as the city of Etzina which appears in The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian explorer who travelled through Asia between 1271-1295 [1080x708]

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A 900-year-old church still standing in Wicklow, Ireland. (719x689)

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An 11th century “ornamental shield” that was carved from an elk's antler, found in the funerary chapel of Louis the Pious in Metz, France. (2048x1536)

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A 25,000-year-old engraving of a woman at Cussac cave in France. The cave, which was discovered on September 30, 2000 by amateur speleologist Marc Delluc, contains over 150 Paleolithic artworks as well as several human remains [1182x1493]

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Sumerian city of Uruk, considered first civilized city in the world 6500-4000 BC. [1200x1300]

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Gold ring (circa 500A.D.) found between some boulders by a deer hunter in Sweden a few days ago [1440x900]

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The capstone of the Pyramid of Amenemhat III, 1860 BC-1814 BC (4592X3448)

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Meet Abdel Kader Haidara, the man who risked his life to save almost 400,000 ancient manuscripts from Timbuktu from being destroyed by the jihadists. These manuscripts, which some date back to the 11th century, deal with myriad subjects such as medicine, astronomy, and sex [3072x4088]

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2000 Year Old Ancient Fast food Shop in Pompeii (1820x1440)

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Early evidence for Christianity in Roman-Britain - a silver ring, set with an intaglio depicting two fish hanging from an anchor. 3rd century. (743x800)

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A 1960s salesman sample swimming pool with case. [768x768]

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A Roman bead that was recently found by the Vindolanda Trust at the ruins of Vindolanda fort in northern England. (1033X780)

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A newly discovered statue of Hercules in Philippi in Greece dating from the 2nd c. CE. (1022x1554)

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Great bathtub of Emperor Nero, made of porphyry. The object was originally located in Nero’s palace (Domus Aurea); it is now in the Vatican museums in Rome. [1200x996]

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Head of Dionysus, the god of wine, have been uncovered in an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey (1120x840)

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The skull of a viking man with filed teeth, found in a mass grave in Dorset. The purpose behind filed teeth remains unclear but some researchers believe that the teeth carvings were likely dyed (probably with red) to frighten opponents in battle or to show their status as a great fighter [1392x924]

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Wonderful 2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, thought depicting his fourth wife Caesonia. [1916x1384]

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17th-century Emerald cup made of 252 carats of pure emerald [1080x1137]

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Empty cans from Franklin's lost expedition (1845) still litter the grounds of Beechey Island in the Canadian Arctic. [1170x766]

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The perfectly preserved Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's lost ship. 3km below the Weddell Sea. Found after 107 years. [1440 x 3168]

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This 3100 years old wooden stairs is the oldest in Europe, and was found in a prehistoric Hallstatt salt mine in Austria. (1080X769)

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Meymand is a very ancient village in Iran. It is believed to be a primary human residence in the Iranian Plateau, dating back to 12,000 years ago. Many of the residents live in the 350 hand-dug houses amid the rocks, some of which have been inhabited for as long as 3,000 years [960x1257]

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Viking ice skates, made from leather and horse-bone, found in York. The skates weren’t blades designed to bite the ice like today’s nimble models. They were likely used very much like skis, with accessory poles used to balance while the user skidded across frozen ground or water [2048x1365]

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The pyramid of the Kushite queen Amanishakheto (~10 BC). Before and after Giuseppe Ferlini demolished it in 1830 in search of treasure. He is said to have severely damaged or destroyed at least 40 of the Nubian pyramids. [2769x933]

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Qasr Al-Farid meaning ‘the Lonely Castle’ is the largest rock-cut tomb at the archaeological site of Hegra, in Saudi Arabia. Nabataean Kingdom, 1st century CE [1080x1350] (there's a human for scale)

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This 9000-year-old stone mask is the oldest mask in the world, and was found in the Judean Desert in Israel [3000x4000]

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One of the oldest known soccer balls, found in the rafters of a bedroom in Stirling Castle and dating from around the time of Mary Queen of Scots. Scotland, 16th century. (1280x1099)

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Guarding the Palace, an Oil Painting by Ludwig Deutsch, 1888 [1234x2000]

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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 [1200x1690]

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In ancient Rome, roads were dotted with white stones (cats' eyes) which reflected the moonlight, acting as street lights to help people walk on the street after dark. Pictured is a Roman road in Pompeii [526x877]

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Carved ivory and horn model of an eye, European, c. 1800-1900. [4256x2832]

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The gold Seal of Na, the first textual record of Japan as a country. China/Japan, 57 AD [1455x960]

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Leather coat that belonged to an Ojibwa captain. Ontario, Canada, Ojibwa culture, 1789 [900x1298]

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Victorian Courting Conversation Chair, Europe 19th Century. [706x550]

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One of the three Roman pools of Gafsa, in Tunisia, two of which are open. Built in the 2nd century BCE, they are about five meters deep and are fed by hot water springs [683x1024]

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A 1,700 year old Roman-era “Good Shepard” gold ring bearing an engraving of a boy holding a sheep on his shoulders, an image used by early Christians to symbolise Jesus. Found by archaeologists off Israel's Mediterranean coast in an ancient shipwreck. (900x477)

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Amidabashi and Koraibashi bridges in the old town of Nagasaki, built by a merchant. Japan, Edo period, 1690. Photo taken in 1865 [1680x1600]

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Ceramic water pipes found near Epang Palace. China, Warring States, 5th-3rd century BC [750x577]

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This small bronze purse (4.3x3.3 cm) was found with six gold coins still inside in the Celtic oppidum (settlement) at Manching, Germany. It was originally sealed with an organic material, presumably a leather strap. Ca. 200 BCE [900x969]

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Hand carved griffin, in my parents house, 1892, Indianapolis, Indiana [1518 × 2270]

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The prison cell at Narni sotterranea, a series of underground rooms that were discovered at Narni, Italy, in 1979. Its walls are covered in coded writing, drawings and cryptic masonic symbols mainly left by Giuseppe Andrea Lombardini, an inquisition guard imprisoned for heresy in 1759 [1475x2111]

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