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Detail of an armor made in the 2nd half of the 16th century CE, in either France or Flanders. Now housed at the Louvre Museum

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Detail of an armor made in the 2nd half of the 16th century CE, in either France or Flanders. Now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A silk hairnet made in the 2nd half of the 14th century CE, now housed at the Museum Kunstpalast in Germany

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A silk hairnet made in the 2nd half of the 14th century CE, now housed at the Museum Kunstpalast in Germany

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A 6th century BCE terracotta sculpture of a butcher and a piglet. From Greece, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A 6th century BCE terracotta sculpture of a butcher and a piglet. From Greece, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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Ottoman Armor of a Rider and a Horse, 15th-16th century, Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum

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Ottoman Armor of a Rider and a Horse, 15th-16th century, Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum

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A pietra dura table top from Rome. Made of hardstones, alabaster, and marble. Late 16th or early 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A pietra dura table top from Rome. Made of hardstones, alabaster, and marble. Late 16th or early 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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An early 17th century CE Dehua porcelain figure of an immortal with deer and crane. Made by He Chaozong, now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China

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An early 17th century CE Dehua porcelain figure of an immortal with deer and crane. Made by He Chaozong, now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China

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A Tibetan ritual box made of gilded silver and turquoise, 18th century CE, now housed at the Walters Art Museum

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A Tibetan ritual box made of gilded silver and turquoise, 18th century CE, now housed at the Walters Art Museum

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Gold ring with engraved portrait of Ptolemy VI Philometor, 2nd century BCE, from Egypt, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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Gold ring with engraved portrait of Ptolemy VI Philometor, 2nd century BCE, from Egypt, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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Detail of a miniature from the Morgan Bible, depicting the slaughter of the Amalekites. Fol. 34v, 13th century CE, from France, now housed at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City

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Detail of a miniature from the Morgan Bible, depicting the slaughter of the Amalekites. Fol. 34v, 13th century CE, from France, now housed at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City

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The Qabr Hiram mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic from the second half of the 6th century CE, excavated in 1861 from the Saint Christopher church in Lebanon. Now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris

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The Qabr Hiram mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic from the second half of the 6th century CE, excavated in 1861 from the Saint Christopher church in Lebanon. Now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris

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A tapestry with fish motifs, from Antinoe in Egypt. Wool on linen, 2nd-3rd century CE, now housed at the Textile Museum in Lyon, France

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A tapestry with fish motifs, from Antinoe in Egypt. Wool on linen, 2nd-3rd century CE, now housed at the Textile Museum in Lyon, France

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A Daunian painted, one-handled ceramic cup or ladle from Foggia in Italy. 6th century BCE, now housed at the Civic Museum of Foggia

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A Daunian painted, one-handled ceramic cup or ladle from Foggia in Italy. 6th century BCE, now housed at the Civic Museum of Foggia

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A wooden staff or club with bone inlay, from Easter Island, late 19th-early 20th century CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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A wooden staff or club with bone inlay, from Easter Island, late 19th-early 20th century CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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A silk Mamluk carpet from Cairo, in Egypt, now housed at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. 1st quarter of the 16th century CE

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A silk Mamluk carpet from Cairo, in Egypt, now housed at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. 1st quarter of the 16th century CE

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A wooden showpiece made in the second half of the 16th century CE. Now housed at the Ambras Castle in Innsbruck, Austria

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A wooden showpiece made in the second half of the 16th century CE. Now housed at the Ambras Castle in Innsbruck, Austria

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The statue of Fasting Siddhartha, now housed at the Lahore Museum in Pakistan, is the finest specimen of Gandhara Art. Made of Schist, 2nd century BCE

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The statue of Fasting Siddhartha, now housed at the Lahore Museum in Pakistan, is the finest specimen of Gandhara Art. Made of Schist, 2nd century BCE

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2nd century CE Roman leather shoes for a man, woman and child, recovered from the Bar Hill Fort in the centre of the Antonine Wall. Now housed at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland

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2nd century CE Roman leather shoes for a man, woman and child, recovered from the Bar Hill Fort in the centre of the Antonine Wall. Now housed at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland

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An ivory sculpture of a dog on an ebony box, 17th century CE, now housed at the Silver Museum of Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy

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An ivory sculpture of a dog on an ebony box, 17th century CE, now housed at the Silver Museum of Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy

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A bronze sculpture of a pangolin, found at Long Giao in Vietnam. 3rd century BCE-2nd century CE, now housed at the Dong Nai Museum

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A bronze sculpture of a pangolin, found at Long Giao in Vietnam. 3rd century BCE-2nd century CE, now housed at the Dong Nai Museum

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A Taíno basalt sculpture of a zemi. From Haiti, 1200-1500 CE, now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris

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A Taíno basalt sculpture of a zemi. From Haiti, 1200-1500 CE, now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris

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