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The Petelia Tablet from Ancient Greece, c.300-150 BCE: this "passport for the dead" provides instructions on where to go and what to say after crossing into the Greek Underworld, and it was supposed to allow a dead person to obtain special privileges in the afterlife

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The Petelia Tablet from Ancient Greece, c.300-150 BCE: this "passport for the dead" provides instructions on where to go and what to say after crossing into the Greek Underworld, and it was supposed to allow a dead person to obtain special privileges in the afterlife

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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The lamina of Ipponio was found in 1969 in a necropolis in Vibo Valentia, Italy. The inscription is made on a sheet of gold, and is about the Orphic-Pythagorean initiation, focused on the instructions on the after-death journey to the Underworld for the deceased. 5th-4th century BCE

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The lamina of Ipponio was found in 1969 in a necropolis in Vibo Valentia, Italy. The inscription is made on a sheet of gold, and is about the Orphic-Pythagorean initiation, focused on the instructions on the after-death journey to the Underworld for the deceased. 5th-4th century BCE

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The only known written signature of Queen Cleopatra found on an ancient papyrus, where the Greek word "γίνεσθοι" appears, meaning "to be" or "let it be so" It was supposed to grant tax exemption from sales of imported wine to the Roman businessman Publius Canidius, circa 33 BC

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The only known written signature of Queen Cleopatra found on an ancient papyrus, where the Greek word "γίνεσθοι" appears, meaning "to be" or "let it be so" It was supposed to grant tax exemption from sales of imported wine to the Roman businessman Publius Canidius, circa 33 BC

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The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter it up until a couple was found having sex inside it; now its jaws are opened only for special occasions like Swedish election days

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The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter it up until a couple was found having sex inside it; now its jaws are opened only for special occasions like Swedish election days

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Wahbarz, a local Persian king, grabbing a defeated Greek hoplite by their hair, depicted on a coin from 200 BC. It commemorates a local uprising in ancient Iran against Greco-Macedonian forces after Alexander’s conquests.

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Wahbarz, a local Persian king, grabbing a defeated Greek hoplite by their hair, depicted on a coin from 200 BC. It commemorates a local uprising in ancient Iran against Greco-Macedonian forces after Alexander’s conquests.

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This clay tablet from Tell Qitar in Syria, is a legal document relating to an inheritance. The tablet was concealed within an envelope containing the same text, a practice where a judge would open it to compare the texts if an agreement was questioned. 1400-1200 BCE

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This clay tablet from Tell Qitar in Syria, is a legal document relating to an inheritance. The tablet was concealed within an envelope containing the same text, a practice where a judge would open it to compare the texts if an agreement was questioned. 1400-1200 BCE

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The granite Stela 11 from Kaminaljuyu, in Guatemala, portrays one of the earliest Maya rulers dressed as a divine being. The king's branching headdress expresses his personification as the world tree that unites the layers of the heavens, earth and underworld. 200-50 BCE

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The granite Stela 11 from Kaminaljuyu, in Guatemala, portrays one of the earliest Maya rulers dressed as a divine being. The king's branching headdress expresses his personification as the world tree that unites the layers of the heavens, earth and underworld. 200-50 BCE

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A photograph from 1911 showing the excavation of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis in Turkey. Construction of the temple, which is the fourth largest Ionic temple in the world, began around 334 BCE, soon after Alexander the Great liberated Sardis from the Persians

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A photograph from 1911 showing the excavation of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis in Turkey. Construction of the temple, which is the fourth largest Ionic temple in the world, began around 334 BCE, soon after Alexander the Great liberated Sardis from the Persians

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A personal changing tent, designed to provide privacy for women changing into and out of swimwear at the beach or seaside. From France, 1900 CE

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A personal changing tent, designed to provide privacy for women changing into and out of swimwear at the beach or seaside. From France, 1900 CE

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A silver tetradrachm from the ancient Greek city of Mende in modern-day Greece, 405-348 BCE. The coin depicts the head of Dionysos wearing a wreath of ivy on the obverse, and an ithyphallic ass with a crow on its rump pecking at its tail on the reverse

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A silver tetradrachm from the ancient Greek city of Mende in modern-day Greece, 405-348 BCE. The coin depicts the head of Dionysos wearing a wreath of ivy on the obverse, and an ithyphallic ass with a crow on its rump pecking at its tail on the reverse

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Rosary Pendant from Germany, c.1520 CE: this pendant was created as part of a rosary, and it depicts four figures in various stages of decay; the phrases "love of the world," "I am going to die," "follow me," and "I am" are inscribed in Latin along the sides

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Rosary Pendant from Germany, c.1520 CE: this pendant was created as part of a rosary, and it depicts four figures in various stages of decay; the phrases "love of the world," "I am going to die," "follow me," and "I am" are inscribed in Latin along the sides

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Pompeian fresco depicting Theseus after killing the Minotaur. The fresco is not large. In the past, it was the central panel of a larger painting. It was like a painting hung in the middle of the wall and the attention of the person entering the room was supposed to focus on it.

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Pompeian fresco depicting Theseus after killing the Minotaur. The fresco is not large. In the past, it was the central panel of a larger painting. It was like a painting hung in the middle of the wall and the attention of the person entering the room was supposed to focus on it.

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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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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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Stuccoed and painted freize on the wall outside the destrictarium of the Stabian Baths. The destrictarium is where the Pompeiians scraped the oils and dirt from their skin using strigils. Below is a possible color reconstruction of the freize from the 1859. Pompeii, Italy.

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Stuccoed and painted freize on the wall outside the destrictarium of the Stabian Baths. The destrictarium is where the Pompeiians scraped the oils and dirt from their skin using strigils. Below is a possible color reconstruction of the freize from the 1859. Pompeii, Italy.

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The Herodium, Herod the Great’s fortress and one of the largest from the ancient world. He intentionally buried the whole mountain and converted it to a funerary complex upon his death

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The Herodium, Herod the Great’s fortress and one of the largest from the ancient world. He intentionally buried the whole mountain and converted it to a funerary complex upon his death

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The Warrior's Grave at Doigahama, in Japan, of a Yayoi period man who had 15 stone arrowheads driven into bones from chest to waist. It is believed that he was struck at point-blank range and speculated that he was a warrior who fought to protect the village at Doigahama

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The Warrior's Grave at Doigahama, in Japan, of a Yayoi period man who had 15 stone arrowheads driven into bones from chest to waist. It is believed that he was struck at point-blank range and speculated that he was a warrior who fought to protect the village at Doigahama

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A relief of Ereshkigal, the Sumerian goddess of death and the underworld, which was created over 3,800 years ago in what's believed to be present day southern Iraq. It is now on display at the British Museum in London.

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A relief of Ereshkigal, the Sumerian goddess of death and the underworld, which was created over 3,800 years ago in what's believed to be present day southern Iraq. It is now on display at the British Museum in London.

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A gold alloy ring with a depiction of a naked teenager with a fishing net. From a tomb in the western necropolis of ancient Rhodes, 350-325 BCE, now housed at Rhodes Archaeological Museum in Greece

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A gold alloy ring with a depiction of a naked teenager with a fishing net. From a tomb in the western necropolis of ancient Rhodes, 350-325 BCE, now housed at Rhodes Archaeological Museum in Greece

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