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Cinerary hut urn. Villanovan culture, Italy, ca. 9th c BC. Terracotta. On loan to the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art from the Italian state

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Cinerary hut urn. Villanovan culture, Italy, ca. 9th c BC. Terracotta. On loan to the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art from the Italian state

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“Dinosaur” wall carving from Ta Prohm, near Angkor Wat and built by the king Jayavarman VII in the late 1100s

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“Dinosaur” wall carving from Ta Prohm, near Angkor Wat and built by the king Jayavarman VII in the late 1100s

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Cast Brass Weights of stylized bovid heads for weighing gold dust. Gold was extremely important in the economic and political life of the Akan kingdoms of southern Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Until the mid 19th century, gold dust was the primary form of currency in the region

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Cast Brass Weights of stylized bovid heads for weighing gold dust. Gold was extremely important in the economic and political life of the Akan kingdoms of southern Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Until the mid 19th century, gold dust was the primary form of currency in the region

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Amarna letter from Labayu to Amenhotep III, denying accusation of treachery &failure to comply with the pharaoh's orders. He justifies his capture of a town with a proverb "When an ant is struck, does it not fight back and bite the hand of the man that struck it?"

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Amarna letter from Labayu to Amenhotep III, denying accusation of treachery &failure to comply with the pharaoh's orders. He justifies his capture of a town with a proverb "When an ant is struck, does it not fight back and bite the hand of the man that struck it?"

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Black-figure mastos, ca. 530 BC, with combat scenes now housed at the Walters Art Museum

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Black-figure mastos, ca. 530 BC, with combat scenes now housed at the Walters Art Museum

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Rosary, ca. 1500-1525, German. MET Museum.

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Rosary, ca. 1500-1525, German. MET Museum.

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The Tandragee Idol, dated to the Iron Age, with some sources suggesting a date as early as 1000 BCE. It shows the torso and head of a grotesque and brutish figure who crosses his body with his left arm to hold his right arm in what appears to be a ritualistic pose. Northern Ireland

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The Tandragee Idol, dated to the Iron Age, with some sources suggesting a date as early as 1000 BCE. It shows the torso and head of a grotesque and brutish figure who crosses his body with his left arm to hold his right arm in what appears to be a ritualistic pose. Northern Ireland

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The Fortress of Piruro II, in Peru, is a five-story structure built with stones hewn in squared shape and uniform size. 1930-2100 BCE

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The Fortress of Piruro II, in Peru, is a five-story structure built with stones hewn in squared shape and uniform size. 1930-2100 BCE

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These enamel earrings in the shape of hands hold pieces of shrapnel removed from the eye and forehead of Denmark’s King Christian IV after he was wounded in battle. He gave the earrings to his mistress. Now part of the Royal Collection at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen

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These enamel earrings in the shape of hands hold pieces of shrapnel removed from the eye and forehead of Denmark’s King Christian IV after he was wounded in battle. He gave the earrings to his mistress. Now part of the Royal Collection at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen

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A Himyarite/Sabaic throne made of alabaster. Found in the Barran temple aka the Sanctuary of the queen of sheba. Marib, Yemen, circa 8th to 5th century BCE

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A Himyarite/Sabaic throne made of alabaster. Found in the Barran temple aka the Sanctuary of the queen of sheba. Marib, Yemen, circa 8th to 5th century BCE

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