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Photographs taken in 1868 of Phineas Gage’s skull and the tamping rod that was blasted through his head, twelve years before his death .

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Photographs taken in 1868 of Phineas Gage’s skull and the tamping rod that was blasted through his head, twelve years before his death .

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Phineas Gage posing with the tamping rod that shot through his skull, affectionately referred to by him as “my iron bar.”.

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Phineas Gage posing with the tamping rod that shot through his skull, affectionately referred to by him as “my iron bar.”.

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Photographs of members of Napoleon’s army wearing their original uniforms and insignia, taken in 1858, 37 years after the emperor's death in 1821, when these old soldiers were well into their 70s and 80s

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Photographs of members of Napoleon’s army wearing their original uniforms and insignia, taken in 1858, 37 years after the emperor's death in 1821, when these old soldiers were well into their 70s and 80s

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In the late 1800s, explorers photographing the jungles of Guatemala captured this image of Stela K at Quiriguá, an ancient Maya city near the Motagua River. By that time, the monument had already been standing for more than 1,200 years.

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In the late 1800s, explorers photographing the jungles of Guatemala captured this image of Stela K at Quiriguá, an ancient Maya city near the Motagua River. By that time, the monument had already been standing for more than 1,200 years.

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Prehistoric Headdress from Britain, c.8000 BCE: this 10,000-year-old headdress was crafted from the skull and antlers of a red deer

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Prehistoric Headdress from Britain, c.8000 BCE: this 10,000-year-old headdress was crafted from the skull and antlers of a red deer

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Phineas P. Gage was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head. The left picture is a daguerreotype portrait of Gage holding the iron rod which injured him

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Phineas P. Gage was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head. The left picture is a daguerreotype portrait of Gage holding the iron rod which injured him

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A hand-colored photograph of a samurai, taken by Italian-British photographer Felice Beato during the Edo period in 1863. The samurai wears a suit of armor, including a kabuto , and holds a katana.

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A hand-colored photograph of a samurai, taken by Italian-British photographer Felice Beato during the Edo period in 1863. The samurai wears a suit of armor, including a kabuto , and holds a katana.

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The Pillow Abraham Lincoln died on. Cotton, Down feathers, and Blood. . Willie Clark, a 23-year-old U.S. Army clerk, who was celebrating the end of the war that night, returned home to discover the President had died in his bed.

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The Pillow Abraham Lincoln died on. Cotton, Down feathers, and Blood. . Willie Clark, a 23-year-old U.S. Army clerk, who was celebrating the end of the war that night, returned home to discover the President had died in his bed.

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On the left is a photo of Juana Maria, a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño, and who lived in a whalebone hut on San Nicolas island alone for 18 years before she was found in 1853 and taken to Santa Barbara

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On the left is a photo of Juana Maria, a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño, and who lived in a whalebone hut on San Nicolas island alone for 18 years before she was found in 1853 and taken to Santa Barbara

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