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This clay tablet from Tell Qitar in Syria, is a legal document relating to an inheritance. The tablet was concealed within an envelope containing the same text, a practice where a judge would open it to compare the texts if an agreement was questioned. 1400-1200 BCE

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This clay tablet from Tell Qitar in Syria, is a legal document relating to an inheritance. The tablet was concealed within an envelope containing the same text, a practice where a judge would open it to compare the texts if an agreement was questioned. 1400-1200 BCE

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This cosmetic spoon depicts a swimming woman holding a container shaped like an antelope in front of her. The top of the container was originally attached with a peg that allowed it to swing open. The compartment inside would have held some sort of cosmetic. circa 1390–1352 B.C., MET

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This cosmetic spoon depicts a swimming woman holding a container shaped like an antelope in front of her. The top of the container was originally attached with a peg that allowed it to swing open. The compartment inside would have held some sort of cosmetic. circa 1390–1352 B.C., MET

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The Petelia Tablet from Ancient Greece, c.300-150 BCE: this "passport for the dead" provides instructions on where to go and what to say after crossing into the Greek Underworld, and it was supposed to allow a dead person to obtain special privileges in the afterlife

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The Petelia Tablet from Ancient Greece, c.300-150 BCE: this "passport for the dead" provides instructions on where to go and what to say after crossing into the Greek Underworld, and it was supposed to allow a dead person to obtain special privileges in the afterlife

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A pre-Columbian or colonial obsidian mirror now housed at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Documentary investigations revealed that the lens was sent in 1737 from Quito, Ecuador, to France by members of the Godin–La Condamine geodesic expedition

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A pre-Columbian or colonial obsidian mirror now housed at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Documentary investigations revealed that the lens was sent in 1737 from Quito, Ecuador, to France by members of the Godin–La Condamine geodesic expedition

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The Green Stone lying in one of the storerooms of the Temple complex in Hattusa, which was the capital of the Hittite Empire until it was destroyed around 1200 BC. The stone, which is thought to have been made from serpentinite, may have played a role in some religious cult

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The Green Stone lying in one of the storerooms of the Temple complex in Hattusa, which was the capital of the Hittite Empire until it was destroyed around 1200 BC. The stone, which is thought to have been made from serpentinite, may have played a role in some religious cult

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A golden ring from Ugarit, in Syria, engraved with the phrase "the free woman". Late Bronze Age , now housed at the National Museum of Damascus

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A golden ring from Ugarit, in Syria, engraved with the phrase "the free woman". Late Bronze Age , now housed at the National Museum of Damascus

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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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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Roman fresco depicting Jason entering the city of Iolkos in Greece, where he will start his quest for the golden fleece with the Argonauts. The object is located in Casa degli Amorini Dorati in Pompeii.

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Roman fresco depicting Jason entering the city of Iolkos in Greece, where he will start his quest for the golden fleece with the Argonauts. The object is located in Casa degli Amorini Dorati in Pompeii.

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2nd century CE Roman pipe burial from Wales. Within the tomb was a lead canister containing cremated bones and a piece of linen bearing traces of frankincense. Pipe burials are thought to have allowed relatives to pour blood or wine into the container to nourish the soul of the deceased

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2nd century CE Roman pipe burial from Wales. Within the tomb was a lead canister containing cremated bones and a piece of linen bearing traces of frankincense. Pipe burials are thought to have allowed relatives to pour blood or wine into the container to nourish the soul of the deceased

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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, discovered between 1896 and 1907 at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, is a collection of over 500,000 fragments of documentary, religious and important literary texts dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 7th century CE

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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, discovered between 1896 and 1907 at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, is a collection of over 500,000 fragments of documentary, religious and important literary texts dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 7th century CE

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Relief on a Roman tombstone showing a scene from the work of the deceased, who was a butcher. The man is at work, pieces of meat are hanging in front of him, and the wife is writing something on a wax tablet. The woman has a hairstyle typical of the reign of Emperor Hadrian .

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Relief on a Roman tombstone showing a scene from the work of the deceased, who was a butcher. The man is at work, pieces of meat are hanging in front of him, and the wife is writing something on a wax tablet. The woman has a hairstyle typical of the reign of Emperor Hadrian .

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World’s oldest complaint a Babylonian clay table from 1750 BC, the complaint was written in Akkadian cuneiform by a man named Nanni to a merchant named Ea-nasir, expressing dissatisfaction with the quality of copper delivered

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World’s oldest complaint a Babylonian clay table from 1750 BC, the complaint was written in Akkadian cuneiform by a man named Nanni to a merchant named Ea-nasir, expressing dissatisfaction with the quality of copper delivered

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Vindolanda Tablet 291: A thin birch-wood leaf containing a birthday invitation sent by Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepidina, Roman Britain, c. 100 AD

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Vindolanda Tablet 291: A thin birch-wood leaf containing a birthday invitation sent by Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepidina, Roman Britain, c. 100 AD

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This late Medieval oak door with cat hole was probably a back or interior door of a middle-class home. Cats were primarily kept as working mousers at a time when there was no refrigeration and spoiling grain could tempt mice. 1450-1500 France. On display at Walters Art Museum

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This late Medieval oak door with cat hole was probably a back or interior door of a middle-class home. Cats were primarily kept as working mousers at a time when there was no refrigeration and spoiling grain could tempt mice. 1450-1500 France. On display at Walters Art Museum

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1,700-Year-Old Writing Kit from Georgia , c.250-350 CE: this writing kit was found in an unmarked grave located in the foundations of a cathedral, where it lay buried next to the body of a 40-50 year old woman; it's decorated with images of the Greek muses

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1,700-Year-Old Writing Kit from Georgia , c.250-350 CE: this writing kit was found in an unmarked grave located in the foundations of a cathedral, where it lay buried next to the body of a 40-50 year old woman; it's decorated with images of the Greek muses

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The Hingston Hill Cairn and Stone Row, located in Dartmoor in Devon, England. The 316m long alignment contains at least 174 stones, and date from the Late Neolithic period , while the round cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument dating to the Bronze Age

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The Hingston Hill Cairn and Stone Row, located in Dartmoor in Devon, England. The 316m long alignment contains at least 174 stones, and date from the Late Neolithic period , while the round cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument dating to the Bronze Age

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On the left: a 2400-year-old letter from Tushratta, king of Mitanni, to Amenhotep III requesting solid-gold statues as bride-price for his daughter. Right: another letter from Tushratta to Queen Tiye, complaining that the received statues were not solid gold, but merely gold-plated wood

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On the left: a 2400-year-old letter from Tushratta, king of Mitanni, to Amenhotep III requesting solid-gold statues as bride-price for his daughter. Right: another letter from Tushratta to Queen Tiye, complaining that the received statues were not solid gold, but merely gold-plated wood

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