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A burial mound at Marathon, Greece, containing the ashes of 192 Athenians who fell during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE

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A burial mound at Marathon, Greece, containing the ashes of 192 Athenians who fell during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE

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The burial mound at Marathon, Greece containing the ashes of 192 Athenians who died during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC

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The burial mound at Marathon, Greece containing the ashes of 192 Athenians who died during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC

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The massive cyclopean mortarless retaining wall at the hill of Pnyx in Athens, Greece. 5th- 4th centuries BCE

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The massive cyclopean mortarless retaining wall at the hill of Pnyx in Athens, Greece. 5th- 4th centuries BCE

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The Lion of Chaeronea, erected over the burial site of the Sacred Band of Thebes after the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. The monument commemorates the elite Theban unit, 150 male couples, who stood their ground and fought to the death against the Macedonian army.

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The Lion of Chaeronea, erected over the burial site of the Sacred Band of Thebes after the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. The monument commemorates the elite Theban unit, 150 male couples, who stood their ground and fought to the death against the Macedonian army.

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The burial of man, who died at the age of 35–40, found at Noen U-Loke in Thailand. The man wore three bronze belts, 150 bangles, 67 finger rings and four toe rings. 250–600 CE

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The burial of man, who died at the age of 35–40, found at Noen U-Loke in Thailand. The man wore three bronze belts, 150 bangles, 67 finger rings and four toe rings. 250–600 CE

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The Karpathos Lady , a limestone figurine found on the Greek island of Karpathos in the 19th century

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The Karpathos Lady , a limestone figurine found on the Greek island of Karpathos in the 19th century

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Model of a man cooking a duck, c. 1980-1760 BCE, made of wood and stucco. From Asyut in Egypt, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy

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Model of a man cooking a duck, c. 1980-1760 BCE, made of wood and stucco. From Asyut in Egypt, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy

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A gold Scythian neckpiece discovered in a royal burial mound in Ukraine that dates to the 4th century BC

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A gold Scythian neckpiece discovered in a royal burial mound in Ukraine that dates to the 4th century BC

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Kraters were used for mixing wine with water at symposia in Ancient Greece. However, the Derveni Krater was also used as a funerary urn. It contained the cremated remains of a man and a younger woman. 40kg, 90 cm, 4th century BCE

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Kraters were used for mixing wine with water at symposia in Ancient Greece. However, the Derveni Krater was also used as a funerary urn. It contained the cremated remains of a man and a younger woman. 40kg, 90 cm, 4th century BCE

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A Battle Standard flag of the Sikh Empire featuring Durga on her lion or tiger mount. India, circa 1830s-1840s.

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A Battle Standard flag of the Sikh Empire featuring Durga on her lion or tiger mount. India, circa 1830s-1840s.

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The piercing eyes of the Antikythera Ephebe, found in the 1900s off the coast of Antikythera, Greece

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The piercing eyes of the Antikythera Ephebe, found in the 1900s off the coast of Antikythera, Greece

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A gold mourning ring containing a lock of Napoleon's hair that was gifted to John Soane in the 1820s

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A gold mourning ring containing a lock of Napoleon's hair that was gifted to John Soane in the 1820s

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In the double burial of a young male and female in the central mound of the Hopewell Group in Ohio, each of the skulls was supplied with an artificial nose of copper. Middle Woodland period, 100 BCE to 500 CE

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In the double burial of a young male and female in the central mound of the Hopewell Group in Ohio, each of the skulls was supplied with an artificial nose of copper. Middle Woodland period, 100 BCE to 500 CE

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Skeletal remains of unidentified soldiers who died during the Battle of Verdun at the Douaumont Ossuary .

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Skeletal remains of unidentified soldiers who died during the Battle of Verdun at the Douaumont Ossuary .

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A Roman glass bottle containing cremation. 1-200 CE, found in Hertfordshire in England and now housed at the British Museum

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A Roman glass bottle containing cremation. 1-200 CE, found in Hertfordshire in England and now housed at the British Museum

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Roman tablet/gravestone from the 2nd Century CE detailing the death of a Roman sailor who served in the Imperial Navy, found in a Backyard in New Orleans.

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Roman tablet/gravestone from the 2nd Century CE detailing the death of a Roman sailor who served in the Imperial Navy, found in a Backyard in New Orleans.

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