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Meissen Snuff-boxes, 18th Century

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Meissen Snuff-boxes, 18th Century

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The Nuestra Señora de Atocha was a Spanish treasure galleon that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. The ship, which was carrying 40 tons of gold and silver, and 32 kg of emeralds, was found in 1985, after a 16-year search, by the treasure hunter Mel Fisher and his team

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The Nuestra Señora de Atocha was a Spanish treasure galleon that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. The ship, which was carrying 40 tons of gold and silver, and 32 kg of emeralds, was found in 1985, after a 16-year search, by the treasure hunter Mel Fisher and his team

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The skull of a woman wearing a golden crown, found in an early 10th century CE wooden red coffin in Inner Mongolia, China. Liao dynasty, now housed at the Inner Mongolia Museum

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The skull of a woman wearing a golden crown, found in an early 10th century CE wooden red coffin in Inner Mongolia, China. Liao dynasty, now housed at the Inner Mongolia Museum

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The Côte de Bretagne is a 107-carat red spinel, cut in 1749 CE in the shape of a dragon to be mounted on the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece commissioned by Louis XV. The spinel was stolen during the 1792 French Crown Jewels theft, but was recovered by Louis XVIII in 1796

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The Côte de Bretagne is a 107-carat red spinel, cut in 1749 CE in the shape of a dragon to be mounted on the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece commissioned by Louis XV. The spinel was stolen during the 1792 French Crown Jewels theft, but was recovered by Louis XVIII in 1796

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Furniture support in the form of a bull's leg. Egypt, Early Dynastic period, Dynasty 1, ca. 2800 BC. Hippopotamus ivory. RISD Museum collection

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Furniture support in the form of a bull's leg. Egypt, Early Dynastic period, Dynasty 1, ca. 2800 BC. Hippopotamus ivory. RISD Museum collection

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