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Snuff Box in Gold and Mother -of-Pearl.Paris, France about 1740. MFA Boston.

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Snuff Box in Gold and Mother -of-Pearl.Paris, France about 1740. MFA Boston.

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Mycenaean gold Mask of Agamemnon, Mycenae c. 1525 BC. The Mask of Agamemnon is a gold funerary mask discovered at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in southern Greece. Heinrich Schliemann found the artifact in 1876 and thought,wrongly, he had found the body of king Agamemnon...

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Mycenaean gold Mask of Agamemnon, Mycenae c. 1525 BC. The Mask of Agamemnon is a gold funerary mask discovered at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in southern Greece. Heinrich Schliemann found the artifact in 1876 and thought,wrongly, he had found the body of king Agamemnon...

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The Roman curse tablets of Bath are the private prayers of 130 individuals seeking justice inscribed on small sheets of lead or pewter. They range in date from the 2nd to the late 4th century AD. Roman Baths Museum. Translation in comments

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The Roman curse tablets of Bath are the private prayers of 130 individuals seeking justice inscribed on small sheets of lead or pewter. They range in date from the 2nd to the late 4th century AD. Roman Baths Museum. Translation in comments

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Ornate Bird Palaces of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey. Nearly every city in the country contains examples of the bird homes, the oldest example, a 16th-century house attached to the Büyükçekmece Bridge, still surviving in Istanbul

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Ornate Bird Palaces of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey. Nearly every city in the country contains examples of the bird homes, the oldest example, a 16th-century house attached to the Büyükçekmece Bridge, still surviving in Istanbul

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“Saint Michael Overwhelming the Devil" by Luisa Roldán 1692, created for King Charles II. Roldán reportedly modeled Michael's face after her own and the devil's after her husband's. Royal Collections Gallery in Madrid, height 104 inches

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“Saint Michael Overwhelming the Devil" by Luisa Roldán 1692, created for King Charles II. Roldán reportedly modeled Michael's face after her own and the devil's after her husband's. Royal Collections Gallery in Madrid, height 104 inches

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Wedding dress of Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp. She married her cousin Charles, Duke of Södermanland, in Stockholm on 7 July 1774 at age 15. The marriage was arranged by King Gustav III to provide the throne of Sweden with an heir. Royal Armory of Sweden

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Wedding dress of Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp. She married her cousin Charles, Duke of Södermanland, in Stockholm on 7 July 1774 at age 15. The marriage was arranged by King Gustav III to provide the throne of Sweden with an heir. Royal Armory of Sweden

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Mosaic of Ulysses tied to the mast of a ship to resist the songs of the Sirens. . Discovered in Dougga. circa 260 AD, now housed in the Bardo National Museum, Tunisia

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Mosaic of Ulysses tied to the mast of a ship to resist the songs of the Sirens. . Discovered in Dougga. circa 260 AD, now housed in the Bardo National Museum, Tunisia

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Silver pitcher, Mexican, c. 1765-1775.

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Silver pitcher, Mexican, c. 1765-1775.

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Hanging scroll Bestowing the Buddhist Name “Fumyō”; in 1425 Zen Master Ichidon Shōzui of Kenchōji, Kamakura, gave this scroll to apprentice monk Jumyō . Shōzui remarked that he isn't that, gifting the new name , acquired by MET 2021

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Hanging scroll Bestowing the Buddhist Name “Fumyō”; in 1425 Zen Master Ichidon Shōzui of Kenchōji, Kamakura, gave this scroll to apprentice monk Jumyō . Shōzui remarked that he isn't that, gifting the new name , acquired by MET 2021

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Portrait of Zaga Christ by Giovanni Grazoni. An Ethiopian imposter claiming to be a prince, traveled across the Middle East and Europe. He penned the earliest African autobiography published in Europe. This is earliest portrait miniature of a black sitter in western art

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Portrait of Zaga Christ by Giovanni Grazoni. An Ethiopian imposter claiming to be a prince, traveled across the Middle East and Europe. He penned the earliest African autobiography published in Europe. This is earliest portrait miniature of a black sitter in western art

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