Viet Cong Warning Sign, “VÙNG.TU.” loosely translated as “Dead Zone”. Hand painted imagery includes a hand grenade in the lower left, a punji stake trap in the lower right, and a skull and cross bones bottom center. 8" x 12” Paint on scrap metal. 1968 [1204 x 750][OS]

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Porcelain figurines, from China, 20th Century. On display at Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India.[3509×3523]

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Female draped figure. Italy, 2nd century AD [2867x3823] [OC]

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Draft of "A Soldier's Declaration" from Siegfried Sassoon's journal for April - June 1917. Loaned to the Jewish Museum from the Cambridge University Library [1024x683]. Text of final version, which put Sassoon at risk of court martial, in comments

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Ain Sakhri Lovers - This is the oldest known object that depicts a couple having sex. It was discovered in a cave near Bethlehem in 1933 and is thought to be a carving used in fertility rituals by the Natufians. They lived in the Middle East around 10,000 BC. Photo: The British Museum [2269x2269]

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Young Husband: First Marketing by Lilly Martin Spencer. American, 1854 [3229 x 3869][OS]

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