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Roman 4th century dice tower, a spiral inside prevents cheating from player intervention

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Roman 4th century dice tower, a spiral inside prevents cheating from player intervention

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A Roman window grill from a villa in Dorset , dating to the late 3rd or 4th century AD

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A Roman window grill from a villa in Dorset , dating to the late 3rd or 4th century AD

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Ancient Roman-era Egyptian linen fragment featuring a swastika in the center, c. 4th-5th century CE.

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Ancient Roman-era Egyptian linen fragment featuring a swastika in the center, c. 4th-5th century CE.

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Su Hanchen, Children Playing on a Winter Day, 12th century, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Su Hanchen, Children Playing on a Winter Day, 12th century, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Silver spoon from 4th century B.C , Iran. Achamenid empire.

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Silver spoon from 4th century B.C , Iran. Achamenid empire.

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Roman poison ring in the shape of an oil lamp, 4th century, gold

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Roman poison ring in the shape of an oil lamp, 4th century, gold

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Roman carnelian intaglio, showing a grasshopper driving a chariot pulled by two butterflies. From c.1st century BCE-1st century CE.

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Roman carnelian intaglio, showing a grasshopper driving a chariot pulled by two butterflies. From c.1st century BCE-1st century CE.

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Plato and Apollo pointing to Jesus in a coffin, The Golden Gates from the Rozhdestvensky Cathedral in Suzdal, Russia, 13th century

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Plato and Apollo pointing to Jesus in a coffin, The Golden Gates from the Rozhdestvensky Cathedral in Suzdal, Russia, 13th century

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The Roman curse tablets of Bath are the private prayers of 130 individuals seeking justice inscribed on small sheets of lead or pewter. They range in date from the 2nd to the late 4th century AD. Roman Baths Museum. Translation in comments

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The Roman curse tablets of Bath are the private prayers of 130 individuals seeking justice inscribed on small sheets of lead or pewter. They range in date from the 2nd to the late 4th century AD. Roman Baths Museum. Translation in comments

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Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt.

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Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt.

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Roman glass vessel in the shape of a fish. Object dated to the 3rd-4th century CE.

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Roman glass vessel in the shape of a fish. Object dated to the 3rd-4th century CE.

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Woman in grief. Sandstone, From Sarnath, 2nd century CE. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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Woman in grief. Sandstone, From Sarnath, 2nd century CE. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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The remains of a "vampire" discovered among the corpses of 16th century plague victims in Venice. Gravediggers shoved a brick into her skull to prevent her from chewing through her shroud and infecting others with the plague

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The remains of a "vampire" discovered among the corpses of 16th century plague victims in Venice. Gravediggers shoved a brick into her skull to prevent her from chewing through her shroud and infecting others with the plague

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The Vettweiss-Froitzheim dice tower ; a Roman anti-cheating device for throwing dice, made of copper-alloy. Found near Vettweiss, Germany & dated to the 4th c. CE. Now in the Landesmuseum, Bonn

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The Vettweiss-Froitzheim dice tower ; a Roman anti-cheating device for throwing dice, made of copper-alloy. Found near Vettweiss, Germany & dated to the 4th c. CE. Now in the Landesmuseum, Bonn

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Fragment of a paper playing card from Egypt, c. 13th-14th century CE.

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Fragment of a paper playing card from Egypt, c. 13th-14th century CE.

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The Hunt Mosaic from the 4th century CE Villa Romana del Tellaro in Sicily, depicting a hunting scene with a banquet in the open air among the trees. The female figure in the center is the personification of Africa

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The Hunt Mosaic from the 4th century CE Villa Romana del Tellaro in Sicily, depicting a hunting scene with a banquet in the open air among the trees. The female figure in the center is the personification of Africa

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Silenus cradling an infant Dionysus. Roman copy from late 4th century BC of the bronze Greek original, presumably by Lysippos. Louvre

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Silenus cradling an infant Dionysus. Roman copy from late 4th century BC of the bronze Greek original, presumably by Lysippos. Louvre

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