Oldest complaint in the world: Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir. Clay tablet from Ur, written c. 1750 BC. A merchant named Ea-nāṣir from a customer named Nanni wrote it about some copper ingots. [2426x3533].

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Ancient Roman terracotta plate with handles, c. 2nd century CE. [2000x2000]

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Model house and garden from Meketra's tomb made of painted wood. Late 11th Dynasty or Early 12th Dynasty Egypt, around 2000 BCE. [800×898]

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Mural depicting Menas slaying an Ottoman Turk at Ura Kidane Mehret, Ethiopia, 1560 [495x503]

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Baptism Basin of the Basilica of St. Vitale, Sbeitla [1024x683]

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Lacquered water vessel. China, Han dynasty, 202 BC–9 AD [920x669]

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Half of a goddess statue. The upper half broke off. Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 10th-11th century AD [2232x3777]

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A fresco showing the port of Stabiae, located near Pompeii. Dated to the 1st century CE. The city was completely destroyed in 79 CE, as a result of the eruption of Vesuvius. [1200x1065]

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Supersize a leech to the length of a baseball bat, give it 3 fangs surrounded by rows of smaller teeth, and voila-- you’ve created a Pacific lamprey. The fish’s slimy, boneless body culminates in a tooth-studded oral disc, which it can use to suction to larger fish and slurp its host’s bodily fluids

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This book cover illustration of Poseidon bothered me every day in high school

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Love a good book

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