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World’s oldest complaint a Babylonian clay table from 1750 BC, the complaint was written in Akkadian cuneiform by a man named Nanni to a merchant named Ea-nasir, expressing dissatisfaction with the quality of copper delivered

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World’s oldest complaint a Babylonian clay table from 1750 BC, the complaint was written in Akkadian cuneiform by a man named Nanni to a merchant named Ea-nasir, expressing dissatisfaction with the quality of copper delivered

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A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews

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A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews

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A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews. Yale University Library.

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A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews. Yale University Library.

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An 18th century BCE Old Babylonian letter written by the student Iddin-Sin to his mother Zinu, in which he complaints about the poor quality of clothes his mother sent him compared to those of his peers, noting that even the adopted son of one of his father's servants had better clothing

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An 18th century BCE Old Babylonian letter written by the student Iddin-Sin to his mother Zinu, in which he complaints about the poor quality of clothes his mother sent him compared to those of his peers, noting that even the adopted son of one of his father's servants had better clothing

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This Roman bath clog discovered at the Vindolanda fort in England, and made of a wooden platform with a leather top strap, is quite possibly the world's oldest example of a shower shoe. 140-180 CE

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This Roman bath clog discovered at the Vindolanda fort in England, and made of a wooden platform with a leather top strap, is quite possibly the world's oldest example of a shower shoe. 140-180 CE

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The Queen of the Night relief, terracotta, Old Babylonian Empire, c. 1775 BC. Current state vs. colors restored according to experts at the British Museum after analysis of pigment traces. The relief is dimly lit from below, as it probably was originally ...

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The Queen of the Night relief, terracotta, Old Babylonian Empire, c. 1775 BC. Current state vs. colors restored according to experts at the British Museum after analysis of pigment traces. The relief is dimly lit from below, as it probably was originally ...

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A Persian royal rhyton crafted from pure gold, widely regarded as the best-preserved example from the ancient world. Dating back to the Achaemenid Empire , it was discovered in Hamadan and is housed at the National Museum of Iran.

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A Persian royal rhyton crafted from pure gold, widely regarded as the best-preserved example from the ancient world. Dating back to the Achaemenid Empire , it was discovered in Hamadan and is housed at the National Museum of Iran.

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Ancient Akkadian Obelisk: The Maništūšu Stele — A 4,200-year-old black basalt monument from Mesopotamia, covered in cuneiform inscriptions recording royal land grants by King Maništūšu, son of Sargon of Akkad. One of the earliest detailed records of property ownership.

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Ancient Akkadian Obelisk: The Maništūšu Stele — A 4,200-year-old black basalt monument from Mesopotamia, covered in cuneiform inscriptions recording royal land grants by King Maništūšu, son of Sargon of Akkad. One of the earliest detailed records of property ownership.

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Manuscript of Guru Granth Sahib written by Guru Gobind Singh in the Shikasta Gurmukhi script retroactively named the ‘Anandpuri Marco Bir’ dated to 1687 CE. This manuscript was discovered in a damaged condition by Manohar Singh Marco in 1963 and restored by a team in Delhi

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Manuscript of Guru Granth Sahib written by Guru Gobind Singh in the Shikasta Gurmukhi script retroactively named the ‘Anandpuri Marco Bir’ dated to 1687 CE. This manuscript was discovered in a damaged condition by Manohar Singh Marco in 1963 and restored by a team in Delhi

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The "Princess of Khok Phanom Di" is the name given to a woman who was found buried at Khok Phanom Di in Thailand. The woman, who died 3600 years ago, was interred with over 120,000 beads, an anvil, burnishing stones, clay preforms, and pottery with exotic trace-element composition

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The "Princess of Khok Phanom Di" is the name given to a woman who was found buried at Khok Phanom Di in Thailand. The woman, who died 3600 years ago, was interred with over 120,000 beads, an anvil, burnishing stones, clay preforms, and pottery with exotic trace-element composition

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Arslantepe Swords, discovered at Arslantepe Mound in present-day Turkiye and dated to c. 3300–3000 BCE. Made from an arsenic copper alloy, with three blades inlaid with silver, they are widely regarded as the world's earliest known swords recovered by archaeologists.

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Arslantepe Swords, discovered at Arslantepe Mound in present-day Turkiye and dated to c. 3300–3000 BCE. Made from an arsenic copper alloy, with three blades inlaid with silver, they are widely regarded as the world's earliest known swords recovered by archaeologists.

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Mask of Sargon of Akkad, third millennium B.C. digitally restored. The life-size bronce bust was found in the temple of Ishtar in Nineveh, in 1931. It had been intentionally damaged and separated from the body, which was never recovered, probably by Medes and Babylonians in 612 BC... [OC

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Mask of Sargon of Akkad, third millennium B.C. digitally restored. The life-size bronce bust was found in the temple of Ishtar in Nineveh, in 1931. It had been intentionally damaged and separated from the body, which was never recovered, probably by Medes and Babylonians in 612 BC... [OC

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Archaeologists have unearthed, in 2015, the oldest case of decapitation ever found in the New World. The skull belonged to a young man and was buried in Brazil about 9,000 years old, with severed hands covering its face in a mysterious pose

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Archaeologists have unearthed, in 2015, the oldest case of decapitation ever found in the New World. The skull belonged to a young man and was buried in Brazil about 9,000 years old, with severed hands covering its face in a mysterious pose

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A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

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A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.

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The Code of Hammurabi, a 2.25-meter basalt stele inscribed with one of the world's earliest legal codes, Babylon, c. 1750 BCE

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The Code of Hammurabi, a 2.25-meter basalt stele inscribed with one of the world's earliest legal codes, Babylon, c. 1750 BCE

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World's Oldest Mask: 9,000 year old artifact, This is a limestone mask dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, It was discovered in the Nahal Hemar cave in Israel, near the Dead Sea

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World's Oldest Mask: 9,000 year old artifact, This is a limestone mask dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, It was discovered in the Nahal Hemar cave in Israel, near the Dead Sea

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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This clay tablet from Tell Qitar in Syria, is a legal document relating to an inheritance. The tablet was concealed within an envelope containing the same text, a practice where a judge would open it to compare the texts if an agreement was questioned. 1400-1200 BCE

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This clay tablet from Tell Qitar in Syria, is a legal document relating to an inheritance. The tablet was concealed within an envelope containing the same text, a practice where a judge would open it to compare the texts if an agreement was questioned. 1400-1200 BCE

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A 1793 End of Pain satirical token. This Conder token depicts Thomas Paine being hanged for his work and ideas expressed in his "The Rights of Man". On the obverse we see Paine being hanged and an inscription END OF PAIN, a pun on his name

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A 1793 End of Pain satirical token. This Conder token depicts Thomas Paine being hanged for his work and ideas expressed in his "The Rights of Man". On the obverse we see Paine being hanged and an inscription END OF PAIN, a pun on his name

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