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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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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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A Viking boot from the Oseberg ship burial, Norway, 9th to 10th century.

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A Viking boot from the Oseberg ship burial, Norway, 9th to 10th century.

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Two tunics and a cross found in graves by Guddal church in Sunnfjord in Norway. The tunics date from the late 11th century.

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Two tunics and a cross found in graves by Guddal church in Sunnfjord in Norway. The tunics date from the late 11th century.

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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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2nd century CE Roman leather shoes for a man, woman and child, recovered from the Bar Hill Fort in the centre of the Antonine Wall. Now housed at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland

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2nd century CE Roman leather shoes for a man, woman and child, recovered from the Bar Hill Fort in the centre of the Antonine Wall. Now housed at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland

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The Snartemo Sword found in the autumn of 1933 in a Norwegian grave, dated to the early 6th century CE

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The Snartemo Sword found in the autumn of 1933 in a Norwegian grave, dated to the early 6th century CE

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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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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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A Roman coin from the Crisis of the Third Century AD.

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A Roman coin from the Crisis of the Third Century AD.

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Silver gilded scent bottle from the Taifa of Albarracin

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Silver gilded scent bottle from the Taifa of Albarracin

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A gray schist figure of Buddha Shakyamuni from the ancient region of Gandhara, dating back to the 3rd-4th century CE

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A gray schist figure of Buddha Shakyamuni from the ancient region of Gandhara, dating back to the 3rd-4th century CE

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A pocket watch recovered from the wreck of the RMS Titanic, its hands frozen at 2:28 a.m., April 15, 1912.

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A pocket watch recovered from the wreck of the RMS Titanic, its hands frozen at 2:28 a.m., April 15, 1912.

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The Dacian helmet of Coțofenești has been recovered!

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The Dacian helmet of Coțofenești has been recovered!

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Covered Censer in the Form of a Lion Dog, bronze with gilding, Chinese, 14th century

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Covered Censer in the Form of a Lion Dog, bronze with gilding, Chinese, 14th century

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A 6th century BCE terracotta sculpture of a butcher and a piglet. From Greece, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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A 6th century BCE terracotta sculpture of a butcher and a piglet. From Greece, now housed at the Louvre Museum

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Two ewers covered in mother-of-pearl. India, 17th century

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Two ewers covered in mother-of-pearl. India, 17th century

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Hilt of a Viking sword from Valsgärde, 7th century.

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Hilt of a Viking sword from Valsgärde, 7th century.

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A ceramic tankard decorated with ships. From the Ottoman Empire, late 16th century CE, now housed at the Art Institute of Chicago

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A ceramic tankard decorated with ships. From the Ottoman Empire, late 16th century CE, now housed at the Art Institute of Chicago

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