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Bronze calf with silver plating, representing Ba'al-Sapon, and a pottery shrine, 16th century BCE. This cultic fixture was placed outside the city gate of ancient Ashkelon, on a slope headed towards the port so sailors could worship Ba'al-Sapon, a protector of sailors in Canaanite religion
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Bronze Drum from the Idaean Cave. In ancient Greece, the tympanon was a type of circular, shallow tambourine, beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. This one dates from the 8th century BC and is considered the first to appear in Greek art. It is a votive bronze disc found...
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The Aska figurine, dated to the 10th century, is considered the only known, explicit representation of a pregnant woman from the Viking Age. The silver figurine shows a pregnant woman, arms embracing her protruding belly, and wearing what appears to be a helmet with a noseguard.
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In 1797 Heage Windmill was a 4-sailed tower mill built of local sandstone. In 1850 the common canvas sails were replaced with patent sails with shutters and a faintail was added to automatically turn the cap into the wind. Later it was to boast these six sails each weighing about a ton.
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Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The Lady with the Inverted Diadem." The 7th century BCE burial is notable for the bronze crown placed upside down on the woman's head, which may have signified a final end to her power
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This 12th-century CE sock, from Egypt, was knitted from the toe upward to the leg. Its heel was made separately at the end and attached to loops left during leg knitting. This ingenious practice allowed the heel to be replaced when it wore out without the necessity of making new socks
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