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A portrait of a young girl with a Titus cut, made by the French painter Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in 1794 CE. The Titus cut, a female haircut that became popular during the French Revolution, was inspired by the way executioners would cut the hair of people going to the guillotine
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Marie Antoinette's famed "Pink Diamond" that was hidden by the queen's hairdresser during the French Revolution before being passed to Antoinette's only surviving child, Marie-Thérèse. The 10.38-cart gemstone is now going to auction, where it's expected to fetch up to $5 million.
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A painted round table from one of the dining rooms at villa Moregine in Pompeii. The table has a marble top from the centre of which water flowed to enhance the dining experience. The beds were faced with marble, and a small channel ran around inside them and was fed by 14 water jets
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The Côte de Bretagne is a 107-carat red spinel, cut in 1749 CE in the shape of a dragon to be mounted on the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece commissioned by Louis XV. The spinel was stolen during the 1792 French Crown Jewels theft, but was recovered by Louis XVIII in 1796
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The Garmsar Salt Cave features massive salt pillars that support its ceiling, formed and shaped by the Achaemenid Empire during salt extraction in 550–330 BC. Located in the Iranian county of the same name, the cave has 27 mines, and the one shown here is a popular tourist attraction.
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Pocket sundial from 2nd century AD Rome. Inside, on an axis, was a pointer and 4 discs, each with 2 diagrams on the front and back, showing different polar altitudes. It had to be held so that the sunbeam shone through the slit in the side, and the time could then be read on a scale
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The "Princess of Khok Phanom Di" is the name given to a woman who was found buried at Khok Phanom Di in Thailand. The woman, who died 3600 years ago, was interred with over 120,000 beads, an anvil, burnishing stones, clay preforms, and pottery with exotic trace-element composition
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La Pieta, one of Michelangelo's most revered sculptures, probably the most moving. He was 24 when he carved it. Mary suffers in silence. While her face remains serene, her hand betrays her emotions by saying at the same time there you have him and how could this possibly happen?...
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