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The 4200-year-old bag from Horseshoe Ranch Cave, in Texas, with its fascinating contents shown in order of their removal by analysts in 1936. The cache offers a rare glimpse into the traditions of Lower Pecos people. The bag has been described as a hunter's pouch and a medicine bundle

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The 4200-year-old bag from Horseshoe Ranch Cave, in Texas, with its fascinating contents shown in order of their removal by analysts in 1936. The cache offers a rare glimpse into the traditions of Lower Pecos people. The bag has been described as a hunter's pouch and a medicine bundle

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The 4,200-year-old bag from Horseshoe Ranch Cave - prehistoric craftsmanship in North America. Discovered in Horseshoe Ranch Cave, dates to around 2200 BCE and was made by ancient Indigenous peoples of the region, likely ancestors of hunter-gatherer groups living in what is now Texas.

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The 4,200-year-old bag from Horseshoe Ranch Cave - prehistoric craftsmanship in North America. Discovered in Horseshoe Ranch Cave, dates to around 2200 BCE and was made by ancient Indigenous peoples of the region, likely ancestors of hunter-gatherer groups living in what is now Texas.

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Native American rock art in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas and northern Mexico, with a tradition lasting over 4,000 years and beginning nearly 6,000 years ago.

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Native American rock art in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas and northern Mexico, with a tradition lasting over 4,000 years and beginning nearly 6,000 years ago.

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An orange-red church and a lone rider in European garb, the work of an unknown historic-period native artist, loom from the shelter wall in a Lower Pecos canyon in Texas. Perhaps native peoples painted these and similar images as a means of recording events.

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An orange-red church and a lone rider in European garb, the work of an unknown historic-period native artist, loom from the shelter wall in a Lower Pecos canyon in Texas. Perhaps native peoples painted these and similar images as a means of recording events.

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A bear body made from clay with a bear skull in between its paws, made during the Upper Paleolithic and found in the Montespan cave in France. Riddled with holes from spear points, it was possibly used to teach hunting, or perhaps used for a ritual

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A bear body made from clay with a bear skull in between its paws, made during the Upper Paleolithic and found in the Montespan cave in France. Riddled with holes from spear points, it was possibly used to teach hunting, or perhaps used for a ritual

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The first recorded chemists were 2 women named Tapputi and -ninu . This 3200-year-old clay tablet, from Iraq, describes them as perfume-makers from Assur, one of the cities in ancient Mesopotamia. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

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The first recorded chemists were 2 women named Tapputi and -ninu . This 3200-year-old clay tablet, from Iraq, describes them as perfume-makers from Assur, one of the cities in ancient Mesopotamia. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

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1,400 year old Silla crown found in a Gyeongju tomb. Along vertical gold extensions shaped like tree branches and deer antlers, the crown features tiny, heart-shaped perforations filled with jewel beetle wings. An illustration shows how the crown would have been worn in the 6th century

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1,400 year old Silla crown found in a Gyeongju tomb. Along vertical gold extensions shaped like tree branches and deer antlers, the crown features tiny, heart-shaped perforations filled with jewel beetle wings. An illustration shows how the crown would have been worn in the 6th century

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Split-twig figurines found in Grand Canyon caves dating from 2000-4000 years ago. Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes, often deer or bighorn sheep

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Split-twig figurines found in Grand Canyon caves dating from 2000-4000 years ago. Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes, often deer or bighorn sheep

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The Treasure Foot of Basel Cathedral, dating to 1450, is an extraordinary reliquary crafted from silver, copper, gold, pearl, enamel, precious stones, and glass. It contains the bones of a child’s foot, traditionally associated with the massacre in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod.

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The Treasure Foot of Basel Cathedral, dating to 1450, is an extraordinary reliquary crafted from silver, copper, gold, pearl, enamel, precious stones, and glass. It contains the bones of a child’s foot, traditionally associated with the massacre in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod.

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A 5,200-year-old pottery bowl from Shahr-e Sukhteh bearing what is considered the world's oldest example of animation. It shows five sequential images of a wild goat leaping to reach a tree, and when placed in sequence, they create a brief animated scene. National Museum of Iran.

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A 5,200-year-old pottery bowl from Shahr-e Sukhteh bearing what is considered the world's oldest example of animation. It shows five sequential images of a wild goat leaping to reach a tree, and when placed in sequence, they create a brief animated scene. National Museum of Iran.

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In 2012, a 1,000-year-old pre-Hispanic cemetery was discovered in the Ónavas Valley in Sonora, Mexico. The skeletons of 25 people were recovered, with 13 of them having intentional cranial deformations, and 5 of those having dental mutilations as well

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In 2012, a 1,000-year-old pre-Hispanic cemetery was discovered in the Ónavas Valley in Sonora, Mexico. The skeletons of 25 people were recovered, with 13 of them having intentional cranial deformations, and 5 of those having dental mutilations as well

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Ikoku Ochiba Kago, 1854. Also known as Fallen Leaves from a Foreign Country. The rarest printed text regarding the Perry Expeditions and the opening of Japan to the international world, this one preserved in scroll format, printed a year after first contact. An exciting find.

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Ikoku Ochiba Kago, 1854. Also known as Fallen Leaves from a Foreign Country. The rarest printed text regarding the Perry Expeditions and the opening of Japan to the international world, this one preserved in scroll format, printed a year after first contact. An exciting find.

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The “La Pasiega Inscription”, a remarkable series of signs strung together, is a rarity in Ice Age art. It was described by the archaeologist Henri Breuil as 'a genuine inscription interpreted as containing a code to initiated'. 22000-18000 years old, Cave of La Pasiega, Spain

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The “La Pasiega Inscription”, a remarkable series of signs strung together, is a rarity in Ice Age art. It was described by the archaeologist Henri Breuil as 'a genuine inscription interpreted as containing a code to initiated'. 22000-18000 years old, Cave of La Pasiega, Spain

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17,000-year-old paintings of horses at the Villars Cave in France. The horses were painted in manganese dioxide, and coated over the millenia with calcite, which has the effect of making the black manganese oxide appear blue

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17,000-year-old paintings of horses at the Villars Cave in France. The horses were painted in manganese dioxide, and coated over the millenia with calcite, which has the effect of making the black manganese oxide appear blue

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A cache of 11 duck decoys found in 1924 at Lovelock Cave in Nevada. These remarkable hunting tools were made from bundled tule, a long grass-like herb, covered in feathers and painted. Now housed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

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A cache of 11 duck decoys found in 1924 at Lovelock Cave in Nevada. These remarkable hunting tools were made from bundled tule, a long grass-like herb, covered in feathers and painted. Now housed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

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The costumes of kings, royal mothers and a bishop from medieval Nubia have been reconstructed by Polish scientists and designers based on 10th-13th centuries CE paintings that once decorated the walls of the cathedral in Faras, Sudan

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The costumes of kings, royal mothers and a bishop from medieval Nubia have been reconstructed by Polish scientists and designers based on 10th-13th centuries CE paintings that once decorated the walls of the cathedral in Faras, Sudan

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Roman Amphitheater, Arles, France. Built 12 years after the Colosseum, the structure could accommodate +20,000 spectators for the hunting scenes and gladiator fights. It's conversion into a medieval fortress-town with over 200 buildings explains its preservation until present times

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Roman Amphitheater, Arles, France. Built 12 years after the Colosseum, the structure could accommodate +20,000 spectators for the hunting scenes and gladiator fights. It's conversion into a medieval fortress-town with over 200 buildings explains its preservation until present times

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