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Mongol bombs recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of Takashima Island, originally packed with iron shrapnel. Nagasaki, Japan, 13th century

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Mongol bombs recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of Takashima Island, originally packed with iron shrapnel. Nagasaki, Japan, 13th century

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Chinese porcelain recovered from a shipwreck discovered off the southern coast of Norway, 18th century

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Chinese porcelain recovered from a shipwreck discovered off the southern coast of Norway, 18th century

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Jar recovered from the Beilitung Shipwreck, off the coast of Indonesia. China, Tang dynasty, 830 AD

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Jar recovered from the Beilitung Shipwreck, off the coast of Indonesia. China, Tang dynasty, 830 AD

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A jacket recovered from the grave of a 17th century whaler at Svalbard, Norway

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A jacket recovered from the grave of a 17th century whaler at Svalbard, Norway

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A very well preserved 17th-century CE satin silk damask dress, decorated with a woven floral motif, found in the Palmwood shipwreck off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel in the Wadden Sea. Now housed at the Museum Kaap Skil in the Netherlands

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A very well preserved 17th-century CE satin silk damask dress, decorated with a woven floral motif, found in the Palmwood shipwreck off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel in the Wadden Sea. Now housed at the Museum Kaap Skil in the Netherlands

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A blade for a short sword , with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A blade for a short sword , with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Bronze face mask from a Roman parade helmet, late 1st century AD. Discovered at the fort of Trimontium along with two others in southern Scotland.

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Bronze face mask from a Roman parade helmet, late 1st century AD. Discovered at the fort of Trimontium along with two others in southern Scotland.

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Amber chunk recovered from the Beilitung Shipwreck, a Chinese trade ship that sunk off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Tang dynasty, 830 AD

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Amber chunk recovered from the Beilitung Shipwreck, a Chinese trade ship that sunk off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Tang dynasty, 830 AD

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An old photo of a man wearing a 13th century CE necklace made from moa bone, and discovered at the Māori archaeological site of Wairau Bar in New Zealand

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An old photo of a man wearing a 13th century CE necklace made from moa bone, and discovered at the Māori archaeological site of Wairau Bar in New Zealand

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Part of a recently acquired collection of 20 original Papal Bulls from Italy, dating from the 16th to 18th century, and 10 with original bulla and cords. The oldest example is one issued by Pope Pius V

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Part of a recently acquired collection of 20 original Papal Bulls from Italy, dating from the 16th to 18th century, and 10 with original bulla and cords. The oldest example is one issued by Pope Pius V

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The Discobolus Palombara or Lancellotti, the first Roman copy of Myron's original bronze to be recovered in 1781. 1st-century AD, now displayed in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

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The Discobolus Palombara or Lancellotti, the first Roman copy of Myron's original bronze to be recovered in 1781. 1st-century AD, now displayed in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

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A Greco-Bactrian statue from the region of Gandhara, Pakistan. Likely made in the 1st-2nd century AD.

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A Greco-Bactrian statue from the region of Gandhara, Pakistan. Likely made in the 1st-2nd century AD.

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Miniature shrine that opens to reveal Sakyamuni Triad. From Kongōbu-ji Temple on Mount Kōya, Japan. Originally imported from China, 8th century AD

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Miniature shrine that opens to reveal Sakyamuni Triad. From Kongōbu-ji Temple on Mount Kōya, Japan. Originally imported from China, 8th century AD

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Bracelet from the Elamite period , a combination of gold and agate, kept at the National Museum of Iran.

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Bracelet from the Elamite period , a combination of gold and agate, kept at the National Museum of Iran.

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Seated figure and stone columns with niches for human skulls from the ancient Celtic sanctuary of Roquepertuse in France. 3rd century BCE. The reconstruction in the bottom image shows how the architecture and sculptures were all originally painted

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Seated figure and stone columns with niches for human skulls from the ancient Celtic sanctuary of Roquepertuse in France. 3rd century BCE. The reconstruction in the bottom image shows how the architecture and sculptures were all originally painted

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Remains of Roman leather shoes from the site of Martres de Veyre . The sole consists of several layers of leather held together with iron nails. Discovered in 1893. Dated back to II century CE.

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Remains of Roman leather shoes from the site of Martres de Veyre . The sole consists of several layers of leather held together with iron nails. Discovered in 1893. Dated back to II century CE.

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A wooden staff or club with bone inlay, from Easter Island, late 19th-early 20th century CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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A wooden staff or club with bone inlay, from Easter Island, late 19th-early 20th century CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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Gilded bronze Hercules. Roman copy of a greek original from the 2nd century BC. Musei Capitolini, Roma.

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Gilded bronze Hercules. Roman copy of a greek original from the 2nd century BC. Musei Capitolini, Roma.

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