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Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in Tigray, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres and has to be climbed on foot to reach. It is notable for its spectacular location, 1500 year old goat skin Bible, 6th century dome, and 15th century wall paintings

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Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in Tigray, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres and has to be climbed on foot to reach. It is notable for its spectacular location, 1500 year old goat skin Bible, 6th century dome, and 15th century wall paintings

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Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in Tigray, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres and has to be climbed on foot to reach. It is notable for its spectacular location, architecture and dome dating back to the 6th century, and 15th century wall paintings

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Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in Tigray, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres and has to be climbed on foot to reach. It is notable for its spectacular location, architecture and dome dating back to the 6th century, and 15th century wall paintings

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The 1500 year old goat skin Bible of Abuna Yemata Guh, a monolithic church located in Tigray, Ethiopia

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The 1500 year old goat skin Bible of Abuna Yemata Guh, a monolithic church located in Tigray, Ethiopia

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The 307-year-old Church of the Transfiguration, located on Kizhi island in Russia, was built entirely of wood without using a single nail. The church has 22 domes and with a height of 37 meters, it is one of the tallest wooden buildings in Northern Europe

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The 307-year-old Church of the Transfiguration, located on Kizhi island in Russia, was built entirely of wood without using a single nail. The church has 22 domes and with a height of 37 meters, it is one of the tallest wooden buildings in Northern Europe

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Gothic and Romanesque styles separated by a crack on the wall. Basilica of St. Isidore, Leon, Spain, 12th-16th centuries. Its Christian roots reach back to the early 10th century, when a monastery for Saint John the Baptist was erected on the site of an ancient Roman temple...

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Gothic and Romanesque styles separated by a crack on the wall. Basilica of St. Isidore, Leon, Spain, 12th-16th centuries. Its Christian roots reach back to the early 10th century, when a monastery for Saint John the Baptist was erected on the site of an ancient Roman temple...

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In 2007, archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old mural in Syria, which they believe is the world's oldest known painting on a constructed wall. The 2 square-metre mural was found inside the remains of a circular mudbrick building at the neolithic settlement of Dja'de el-Mughara

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In 2007, archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old mural in Syria, which they believe is the world's oldest known painting on a constructed wall. The 2 square-metre mural was found inside the remains of a circular mudbrick building at the neolithic settlement of Dja'de el-Mughara

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The impeccable stonework of Sacsayhuamán reveals the precision of 15th-century Inca megalithic architecture. Each stone—some weighing over 100 tons—was expertly shaped to fit perfectly without mortar, with joints so tight that not even a hair or a sheet of paper can pass between them.

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The impeccable stonework of Sacsayhuamán reveals the precision of 15th-century Inca megalithic architecture. Each stone—some weighing over 100 tons—was expertly shaped to fit perfectly without mortar, with joints so tight that not even a hair or a sheet of paper can pass between them.

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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An aerial view of Iraj Castle, a Sasanian fortification built in the 4th-5th century CE in Iran. The monument is known for its peculiar design: large defensive walls with embedded rooms and arches, with towers at regular intervals, enclosing a vast empty interior of 190 hectares

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An aerial view of Iraj Castle, a Sasanian fortification built in the 4th-5th century CE in Iran. The monument is known for its peculiar design: large defensive walls with embedded rooms and arches, with towers at regular intervals, enclosing a vast empty interior of 190 hectares

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The Bolinao Skull is an archaeological discovery excavated at the Balingasay Archaeological Site in Bolinao, in the Philippines. It is considered to be a one-of-a-kind find due to its gold dental decorations that resemble fish scales. 14th-15th century CE

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The Bolinao Skull is an archaeological discovery excavated at the Balingasay Archaeological Site in Bolinao, in the Philippines. It is considered to be a one-of-a-kind find due to its gold dental decorations that resemble fish scales. 14th-15th century CE

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The round tower, at the Kilmacduagh Monastery in Ireland, is notable both for being well-preserved but also because of its heavy lean, over half a metre from the vertical. The tower is over 30 metres tall, and probably dates from the 10th century CE

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The round tower, at the Kilmacduagh Monastery in Ireland, is notable both for being well-preserved but also because of its heavy lean, over half a metre from the vertical. The tower is over 30 metres tall, and probably dates from the 10th century CE

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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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Painting, 15th century, France: King Solomon of Ethiopia battling Islamic sultan. Birth name : “Yegba Tsion,” or “May he enter Zion.” Famous for dispatching gifts to the Ethiopian and Armenian communities in Jerusalem.

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Painting, 15th century, France: King Solomon of Ethiopia battling Islamic sultan. Birth name : “Yegba Tsion,” or “May he enter Zion.” Famous for dispatching gifts to the Ethiopian and Armenian communities in Jerusalem.

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A cluster of statues in Gopachal Jain Colossi. It is a collection of gigantic, proportionate Jain cave monuments carved into the rock face around Gwalior Fort in India. The statues here are several feet high. It was built by the Tomar Rajput kings in the 15th century.

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A cluster of statues in Gopachal Jain Colossi. It is a collection of gigantic, proportionate Jain cave monuments carved into the rock face around Gwalior Fort in India. The statues here are several feet high. It was built by the Tomar Rajput kings in the 15th century.

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A drone photo of Fort 9, with the canal-lined Great Gorgan Wall visible on the right. Built in the 5th or 6th century CE by the Sasanian Empire in Iran, the wall is 195 km long and 6–10 m wide, and features over 30 fortresses spaced at intervals of between 10 and 50 km

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A drone photo of Fort 9, with the canal-lined Great Gorgan Wall visible on the right. Built in the 5th or 6th century CE by the Sasanian Empire in Iran, the wall is 195 km long and 6–10 m wide, and features over 30 fortresses spaced at intervals of between 10 and 50 km

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A 5 meters tall sculpture depicting the Tree of Jesse which illustrates the double genealogy of Christ, spiritual and historical, inspired by a prophecy of Isaiah. 15th century CE, located at the Hospice Saint-Roch Museum in France

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A 5 meters tall sculpture depicting the Tree of Jesse which illustrates the double genealogy of Christ, spiritual and historical, inspired by a prophecy of Isaiah. 15th century CE, located at the Hospice Saint-Roch Museum in France

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The 16th century CE Sesharaya mandapam, at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in India, is an intricately carved hall built during the Nayaka rule period. It's famous for its 40 leaping horses with riders on their back, all carved out of monolithic pillars

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The 16th century CE Sesharaya mandapam, at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in India, is an intricately carved hall built during the Nayaka rule period. It's famous for its 40 leaping horses with riders on their back, all carved out of monolithic pillars

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A finely carved double seat monolith is found on the upper platform of the Vilcashuamán Usnu in Peru. According to the chronicles, it was used by the Inca and his colla , to pray. 15th-16th century CE

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A finely carved double seat monolith is found on the upper platform of the Vilcashuamán Usnu in Peru. According to the chronicles, it was used by the Inca and his colla , to pray. 15th-16th century CE

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