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Tutankhamun's heart scarab, which was suspended from his neck on a strap of gold wire, and placed near the navel. It was made of black resin mounted on an inscribed gold plate, with a figure of a heron in polychrome glass inlaid on the back of the beetle. 1327 BCE, Grand Egyptian Museum
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This cup, made for Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria, is covered in white enamel inlaid with delicate gold leaf-and-tendril ornament, and studded with 36 large sapphires. The warrior in Classical armour on the lid holds aloft a sapphire ring. 1563 CE, now housed at the Munich Residenz
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The King's College Chapel, at the University of Cambridge, is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture and features the world's largest fan vault. The Chapel was built in phases by a succession of kings of England from 1446 to 1515 CE
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's golden fan battle standard, made of 10 black lacquered bamboo ribs, each 231 cm long, with a gold-foil covered washi paper fan blade that was fitted atop a 5.73 m tall pole. It was used to command troop movements from the strategic campsites. 1543-1616 CE, Japan
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