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View through the starboard sponson entry hatch of an MK-IV "Male" tank, with a Lewis machine gun in the foreground and a 6-pounder behind, 1917. The Male carried two 6-pound cannons and three Lewis MGs. The Lewis were standardized for Mark IV tanks due to their compact barrels...
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An 18th century Chinese shoe for a bound foot. Foot-binding was a painful practice first carried out on young girls 1000 years ago in China to make their feet as small as possible, which were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty. The practice was banned in 1912
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Skeleton of Hatch dog on board the Mary Rose responsible for catching rats. According to DNA performed on his teeth, he was a young adult male, between 18–24 months, with a light brown-dark brown coat. He may have spent his entire life on-board the Mary Rose, rarely if ever going ashore
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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 first and second floors of the Treasury, in Petra, seen from above. The ground floor, with at least 6 chambers, likely royal tombs, is buried under 6 ft of sand and rocks carried by the wind and the floods. A carved door can be seen in the picture through the grate on the left...
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