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Recent droughts in Europe once again made visible the "Hunger Stones" in some Czech and German rivers. These stones were used to mark desperately low river levels that would forecast famines. This one, in Elbe river, is from 1616 and says: "If you see me, cry"
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Upside-down fig tree in Bacoli, Italy. "No one is quite sure how the tree ended up there or how it survived, but year after year it continues to grow downwards and bear figs."
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Oldest house in France. It's found in Aveyron, built in 13th century and belonged to a Jeanne.
Ground floor is a little smaller than upstairs because in those times you only paid taxes on occupied land, so everyone built like this.
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This oak door featured in Westminster Abbey is Britain’s oldest and only Anglo-Saxon Door. The door has been standing for over 950 years, dating back to the reign of Edward the Confessor during the 1050s. The door was made from a single oak from Eastern England in medevial times.
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Staircase in the Chambord Castle in France. Designed by the Great legend of high Renaissance Leonardo Da Vinci in 1516.
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In medieval Catalonia (Spain), bankers who became bankrupt, were publicly disgraced by town authorities, and given nothing but bread _ water to eat until creditors were paid off. After a year, if bankers failed to paid, they would be beheaded & their property sold off to pay them
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The interior of the Orient Express, the long distance passenger train service was created in 1883.
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A gorgeous image from the sunken city of Heracleion near the coast of Alexandria in Egypt.
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The discovery of an ancient Mayan statue deep in the jungles of Honduras in 1885.
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3D reconstruction of the position of the "Lovers of Valdaro", two fossilized skeletons (a man and a woman) dating back to 6000 years ago, discovered by archaeologists at a Neolithic tomb in S.Giorgio near Mantova, Italy, in 2007.
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A 2000 year old public bathhouse from the Roman period is still used by locals in the town of Khenchela, Algeria.
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If you arrange British coins this way you'll get a shield - It represents the Royal Coat of Arms! 🇬🇧
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"Frederik the Great", a majestic Friesian horse from the Ozarks considered as one of the most beautiful horses in the world.
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A gun hidden within a Bible was made for Francesco Morozini, Doge of Venice (1619-1694). The owner of the Bible could pull the silk bookmark to shoot while the book was still closed.
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A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger, that was discovered by an archeology intern in 2019 in Germany, before and after nine months of careful restoration work.
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One of the greatest discoveries of Archaeology :
Riace Bronzes, 450 BC. The Bronzes were found in 1972, at the bottom of the lonian Sea, near town of Riace Marina, by a passionate diver during a dive about 200m from the coast and at a depth of 8m.
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The Gate of Angkor Thom (12th Century CE); Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. (Khmer Empire)
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The cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral in England are the earliest surviving fan vaults, having been designed between 1351 and 1377 by Thomas de Cantebrugge.
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In Roman times, the so-called ′Tiger Eyes′ small white stones were placed among the stones on the road so that they could be seen at night.
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Easter Island's monumental stone heads are well-known, but there's more to story: all along, sculptures have secretly had torsos, buried beneath earth. Archaeologists have documented 887 of massive statues, known as moai, but there may up as many as 1,000 of them on the island.
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This is one of the oldest buildings in Hattfjelldal municipality in Norland, Norway. Built in the 18th Century CE.
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Bronze helmets from the classical period housed at The Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Greece.
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Staircase in the Chambord Castle in France. Designed by the Great legend of high Renaissance Leonardo Da Vinci in 1516 CE.
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Statue of Yasuke, an African slave, arrived in Japan in 1579, became first black Samurai.
Yasuke served as Kashin under Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga. In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan, service of Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missions in Indies India.
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Medieval portal to the sea, at the 13th Century Tintagel Castle in North Cornwall, UK.
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One of biggest hellenistic mosaics ever found. Highly elaborate, meant to show power of Kingdom of Macedonia in ancient Greece. It is found in Palace of Aigai (capital of kingdom of Lower Macedonia), considered second most important structure of classical Greece after Parthenon.
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A collection of Ancient Greek armour displayed alongside Persian arrowheads fired at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
National Archaeological Museum
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Reconstructed face of a Fayum mummy from Alexandria, Egypt (Roman Egypt; 1st Century CE)
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"It took me years to realize that pre-Columbian architecture, directly related to structure of corn kernels. In western model of thought, one might judge shapes as irregular, but in universal thought, everything is correlation between cosmos, science, art & humanity".
Juan Casco
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Reconstruction of Arch of Ctesiphon as it may have appeared in 6th Century CE, compared to its remaining ruins today in Iraq. Built either by Shapur I (242-272) or Kosrau I (531-579), is largest single-span vaulted arch of unreinforced brickwork in the world.
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Dr Irving Finkel holding a 3770 year old tablet, that tells story of god Enki speaking to Sumerian king Atram-Hasis (Noah figure in earlier versions of flood story) and giving him instructions on how to build an ark which is described as a round 220ft diameter coracle.
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Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833, Chiesa dei Morti (Church of the Dead), Urbania, Italy. Naturally mummified by the presence of a special mold that sucked all of the moisture out of the bodies.
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The famous Zamalek tree, located in the middle of the street leading to the Cairo Tower, was brought from India by order of Khedive Ismail and was planted in 1868 AD.
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The oldest door still in use in Pantheon, Rome - Italy.
Cast in bronze for emperor Hadrian's rebuilding, dated about 115 AD.
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In the city of Zeguma in Turkey, archaeological excavations have unearthed perfectly preserved glass mosaics.
According to experts, these splendid floor decorations adorned the houses of the Roman patricians.
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The exquisitely carved dome of Luna Vasahi, a 13th century Jain temple built entirely of white marble.
Mount Abu; Rajasthan, India.
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Horse Handle Lapis Lazuli Dagger khanjar, Persian, 19th Century CE.
The Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
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Maybe smartest people ever assembled in one photo. 17 of them are Nobel Prize winners - Einstein is in middle and Marie Curie two seats to left. She won prizes in two separate scientific disciplines still only person have done so, 5th Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics, 1927.
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A 13th-15th Century CE; floor mosaic in cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Firenzi, Italy.
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Celtic Bronze Horse, 300 BC. Possibly used as a votive item, found near the border of France and Germany.
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One of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever discovered. This fossilized nodosaurus is more than 112 million years old, and patterns are still visible on the skin.
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2700-year-old Assyrian dog figurines with names carved on them.
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Chinese scientists have discovered fossil belonging new species of marine reptile known as Pachypleurosaur. Dating back over 240 million years, it has the longest tail ever seen for its kind.
[Photo: CNSPHOTO]
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Remains of a 30 year old, Roman man who was crushed by a stone block during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, in Pompeii (79 AD)
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Medieval portal to the sea - at 13th century Tintagel Castle in North Cornwall, England.
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This tree was cut down in 1891, at the grand age of 1300 years. The circles within the tree, correlated with significant events that happened throughout the tree’s life.
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Wooden statue of the priest and scribe Kaaper, discovered in his Mastaba in Egypt. The eyes are in rhinestones with copper edges. It is about 4500 years old.
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Dolmen of Soto, discovered in 1922, Dolmen de Soto is located in municipality of Trigueros (Huelva), Iberia, Spain. Construction must have taken place between Neolithic and Bronze Age (3000-2500 BC).
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The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, mosaics from the 12th - 13th century AD.
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7000-year-old Neolithic figurines from Romania, called "The Thinker" and "The Sitting Woman"
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Chinese bronze sword with turquoise studded, gold inlaid rock crystal hilt, Warring States Period, 4th-2nd Century BC.
Private Collection.
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Traditional Japanese straw raincoats, early 1900s.
Rice straw has naturally water-repellent properties, with water droplets that hit a mat of straw tending to flow along length of fibres, rather than penetrating underneath it.
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Cradleboard; used by indigenous families from hundreds of nations across North America for thousands of years. They are usually hand-made by family members, some are adorned in furs and leathers, others in colorful beads and shells.
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The oldest door still in use in Pantheon, Rome - Italy.
Cast in bronze for emperor Hadrian's rebuilding, they date from about 115 AD.
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Prehistoric rock carving of a whole bunch of deer. Bayankhongor, Mongolia.
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Epic Arsinoitherium skull in perfect shape :
Arsinoitherium is an extinct mammal which lived approximately 35 to 30 million years ago during the Late Eocene through the Early Oligocene Periods. It was found the fist time in 1902 in Africa.
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A man stands on a colossal figure of Ramesses II at the temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt, 1865.
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© Historic Photographs
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Arkadiko Bridge (Kazarma Bridge), a Mycenaean bridge on Peloponnese, Greece. The 3300 year old bridge was part of a larger military road system and it was originally meant for use by horse-drawn chariots.
It may be the oldest bridge in Europe, still in use.
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Aerial view of the recently uncovered west town in Thebes, Egypt with those interesting wavy walls.
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Tomb of Seti I is one of longest, deepest and most elaborately painted tombs in Valley of the Kings.
Seti I was second king of 19th Dynasty, and father of Ramesses II. His tomb is sometimes nicknamed "Belzoni's tomb" after its discoverer.
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The traditional interior of Yves Saint Laurent house in Marrakech, Morocco.
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Map shows the languages spoken in Europe and surrounding countries around 600 AD. Most modern day folks couldn't communicate in their home country if they were sent back in time to 600 AD.
© The Archaeologist
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Amazing gem-like turquoise ice at Lake Baikal, Siberia.
Every winter, as temperatures plummet to well below zero, crystal clear lake water forms brilliant gem-like ice that glimmers in the sunlight.
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A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger, that was discovered by an archeology intern in 2019 in Germany, before and after nine months of careful restoration work.
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A 2000 year old; Roman gladiator helmet that survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii.
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A 2000 year old, 20 sided crystal die used for fortune telling in the Roman Empire.
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Yakhchāl was an ancient Persian “refrigerator” that stored food and even ice long. This approach to making refrigerators was mastered by Persian engineers around 400 BC, though it is possible that people were making them before that.
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Young woman in Mayan dress stands by the statue of the Sun God at the Mayan ruins of Kohunlich; in Yucatan, Mexico.
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Porto Flavia is a sea harbor located near Nebida in Iglesias comune of South Sardinia. Built in 1923–24, it served as mineral production hub of Masua in west coast of Sardinian Iglesiente area. Named after Flavia Vecelli, daughter of harbor's engineer and designer Cesare Vecelli.
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Irish werewolf is different from the Teutonic or European werewolf, as it is really not a “monster” at all. Unlike its continental cousins, this shapeshifter is the guardian and protector of children, wounded men and lost persons.
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Low water levels at Baitings Dam in Yorkshire reservoir exposed a Viking era packhorse bridge submerged since the 1950s.
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Scarab bracelet, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, (gold & lapis lazuli), Egyptian 18th Dynasty.
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The Guinigi Tower; a 45m tall fortified tower-house built in the 1300s, with holm oak trees growing in hanging gardens at its top. Lucca, Italy.
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The Siberian Ice Maiden or the Princess of Ukok, is a female mummy with tattoos from the 5th Century BC; from Republic of Altai, Russia.
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The Ishtar Gate was constructed by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, 575 BC. Ishtar Gate is named so, because it was dedicated to Babylonian goddess Ishtar.
Robert Koldewey discovered gate in 1899, and he moved it to Germany to reassemble it in Pergamonmuseum - Berlin.
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Rock hewn stair dating back to 11th Century CE, entury, leading to Sperlinga Castle in Sicily; Italy.
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Stele of Thonis-Heracleion being raised from sea where it had been for over a thousand years, created by Pharaoh Nectanebo I (378-362 BC), near Alexandria, Egypt.
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A native American girl of the kiowa tribe, Oklahoma 1894.
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A photograph taken during the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
© Egyptian Archive / Historic Photographs
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The mysterious village is located in southwestern Asia in a small country - Yemen.
An amazing village - Haid Al-Jazil stands on a huge boulder 150 meters high. Such an interesting location of the village turned out to be quite simple to explain.
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Aztec, Maya, Inca and Olmec civilizations were flourished in Mesoamerica.
Though they had many similarities, there were also some important differences between them.
Main differences between these civilizations are their locations and their attitudes towards warfare.
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Knight's stone effigy at Kilmuir cemetery on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
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A pair of sandals that was found in tomb of King Tutankhamun (r. 1336-1327 BC), 18th Dynasty. They are made of wood that is overlaid with a marquetry veneer of bark, green leather and gold foil on a stucco base.
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📷 : Sandro Vannini
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