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The Cloisters set of 52 cards constitutes the only known complete 15th century deck of illuminated playing cards. There are 4 suits, each with king, queen, knave, and 10 pip cards. The suit symbols, based on the hunt, are hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game nooses

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The Cloisters set of 52 cards constitutes the only known complete 15th century deck of illuminated playing cards. There are 4 suits, each with king, queen, knave, and 10 pip cards. The suit symbols, based on the hunt, are hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game nooses

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A ceramic sculpture depicting two girls playing the Ephedrismos game with one carrying the other on her back. From Corinth in Greece, c. 300 BCE, now housed at the Allard Pierson Museum in the Netherlands

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A ceramic sculpture depicting two girls playing the Ephedrismos game with one carrying the other on her back. From Corinth in Greece, c. 300 BCE, now housed at the Allard Pierson Museum in the Netherlands

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A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

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A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

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An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. The didlo was hidden in the seat of a Louis XV armchair found in a convent near Paris. Now housed at the Science Museum in London

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An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. The didlo was hidden in the seat of a Louis XV armchair found in a convent near Paris. Now housed at the Science Museum in London

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A Selection of 15th Century Illuminated Manuscript Leaves , produced in France and the Netherlands. Examples include leaves by the Saint Stephen Master, the Circle of the Master of Jean Rollin II, and even a painter who took Royal Commissions

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A Selection of 15th Century Illuminated Manuscript Leaves , produced in France and the Netherlands. Examples include leaves by the Saint Stephen Master, the Circle of the Master of Jean Rollin II, and even a painter who took Royal Commissions

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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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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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This single lost sock was probably found in Akhmim . It is composed of 4 different colored wools in non-continuous stripes of color involving a knot+loop technique which produced a flexible ribbed cloth with twill type patterning between the ribs. 4th-5th century AD

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This single lost sock was probably found in Akhmim . It is composed of 4 different colored wools in non-continuous stripes of color involving a knot+loop technique which produced a flexible ribbed cloth with twill type patterning between the ribs. 4th-5th century AD

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The ornate carved top of a 15th century CE stone aztec box, known as tepetlacalli, with a depiction of the God Tlaltecuhtli. Now housed at the Cortes Palace Museum in Mexico

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The ornate carved top of a 15th century CE stone aztec box, known as tepetlacalli, with a depiction of the God Tlaltecuhtli. Now housed at the Cortes Palace Museum in Mexico

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The only one of its kind globally, this Greenlandic whaling suit, made before 1834, is a unique artifact. Hunters used it for waterproofing by crawling through the central opening and sealing it with sealskin. It's now at Denmark's National Museum

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The only one of its kind globally, this Greenlandic whaling suit, made before 1834, is a unique artifact. Hunters used it for waterproofing by crawling through the central opening and sealing it with sealskin. It's now at Denmark's National Museum

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Los Pinchudos was the ancient burial ground of the Chachapoya people in Peru. The cemetery dates to the 13th century CE and contains 8 ornate clay and stone burial chambers, known as chulpas, topped with wooden roofs and decorated with colorful patterns and anthropomorphic sculptures

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Los Pinchudos was the ancient burial ground of the Chachapoya people in Peru. The cemetery dates to the 13th century CE and contains 8 ornate clay and stone burial chambers, known as chulpas, topped with wooden roofs and decorated with colorful patterns and anthropomorphic sculptures

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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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