Mycenaean Funerary Eagle Necklace and Buttons from a Royal Burial, Late 16th Century BCE [800×1122]

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Art Deco grid above the doors to the Galerías Canalejas Food Hall at the Canalejas building in calle de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain, 1936 [1920x1216] [OC]

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Assyrian Horses and Horsemen of the Royal Chariot, Nimrud, 725BC [1920x1080] [OC]

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Acinaces | Achaemenid Empire | 550 - 330 BC | 24 Carat Gold | Exposed To The Public For The First Time In Hamedan (4096×4096).

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Advice for young lovers as to how, when and who to marry, printed in 1891 in New York City by J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company [1170x1240]

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Remains of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in the Roman Forum in Rome. Built between 308-312 CE, the 35 metres high basilica was the largest building in the Forum (with an area of about 5,600 square meters), and the last Roman basilica built in the city [1024x1415]

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Ceramic vessel with pigment in the form of a guinea pig. Chimu culture, Peru, ca. 1000-1470 AD. Museo de América, Madrid [4032x3024] [OC]

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The Bocksten Man is the remains of a man murdered in the 14th century CE and found in a bog in Sweden. The pictures on the left show the body as well as the original garments found with it, and the picture on the right is a reconstruction of what he may have looked like when he was alive [1551x1331]

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Shoulder bag. Anishinaabe, probably Ojibwa, ca. 1780 [2661 x 4000][OS]

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Tomb Guardian from China, c. 700-725 CE: statues like this were usually placed at the entrances to tombs, where they were tasked with warding off evil spirits and ensuring that the dead person's soul did not wander away from its grave [4096x6144]

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The "Gate of Paradise" Spectacles from Mughal India, c.1630-1660 CE: the lenses in these eyeglasses were cut from a single 300-carat emerald that was obtained from a mine in Colombia [4096x6144]

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