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Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls are Jewish manuscripts found near Qumran from 1947 onward, preserving biblical and sectarian texts...

Biblical Jewish Parchment Scrolls

9.8 Brilliant

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Antikythera Mechanism

The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient Greek geared device from around 100 BC, used to model astronomical cycles and pr...

Astronomy Mechanism Greek Bronze

9.7 Brilliant

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Magna Carta

Magna Carta is a 1215 English royal charter limiting King John's power, notable as a foundational text for later constit...

Manuscript Charter Law Medieval

9.7 Brilliant

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Riace Bronzes

The Riace Bronzes are two life-size Greek bronze warriors found off Calabria, Italy, in 1972 and dated to the 5th centur...

Classical Warrior Greek Bronze

9.7 Brilliant

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Winged Victory of Samothrace

Winged Victory of Samothrace is a Hellenistic Greek marble statue from around 190 BC, notable for its dynamic depiction...

Greek Marble Sculpture Victory

9.6 Brilliant

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Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia

Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia is the NASA capsule that carried Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins to the Moon and back i...

Space Nasa Apollo Capsule

9.6 Brilliant

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Alexander Sarcophagus

The Alexander Sarcophagus is a richly carved 4th-century BC tomb from Sidon, named for battle scenes showing Alexander t...

Marble Battle Funerary Hellenistic

9.6 Brilliant

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Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry is an 11th-century embroidered cloth from Normandy, notable for depicting William's 1066 conquest of...

Medieval Tapestry Norman Embroidery

9.5 Brilliant

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Wright Flyer

The Wright Flyer was the powered aircraft flown by Wilbur and Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk in 1903, making the first con...

Aircraft Pioneer Aviation Transport

9.5 Brilliant

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Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle was the NASA craft that landed Armstrong and Aldrin at Tranquility Base on July 20, 1969.

Space Nasa Apollo Moon

9.5 Brilliant

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Venus de Milo

The Venus de Milo is a Greek marble statue of Aphrodite found on Melos in 1820, celebrated as a major Hellenistic sculpt...

Statue Greek Marble Sculpture

9.4 Excellent

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Otzi the Iceman

Otzi the Iceman is a naturally mummified man found in the Alps in 1991, dating to about 3300 BC and preserving clothing,...

Mummy Prehistoric Alps Human Remains

9.4 Excellent

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Aztec Sun Stone

The Aztec Sun Stone is a basalt Mexica monument carved in Mexico around 1500, notable for its calendar imagery and centr...

Calendar Ritual Stone Aztec

9.3 Excellent

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Coatlicue Statue

The Coatlicue Statue is a monumental Mexica sculpture from Mexico, notable for its serpent skirt and fearsome image of t...

Statue Stone Goddess Aztec

8.9 Great

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Coyolxauhqui Stone

The Coyolxauhqui Stone is a circular Mexica relief found at Mexico City's Templo Mayor in 1978, notable for showing the...

Relief Ritual Stone Aztec

8.8 Great

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Mantle of the Prophet Muhammad

The Mantle of the Prophet Muhammad is a cloak preserved in Istanbul's Topkapi Palace, venerated among relics associated...

Islamic Ottoman Devotional Mantle

8.7 Great

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Urfa Man

Urfa Man is a life-size Neolithic human statue from Sanliurfa, Turkey, dated near 8600 BC and often described as the old...

Statue Neolithic Stone Sculpture

8.4 Great

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Ruthwell Cross

The Ruthwell Cross is an Anglo-Saxon stone cross in Scotland, notable for Latin carvings and Old English runic verse.

Medieval Stone Cross Inscription

8.3 Great

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Siloam Inscription

The Siloam Inscription is a Hebrew tunnel text from Jerusalem, carved around 700 BC to mark the meeting of workers in He...

Stone Hebrew Iron Age Jerusalem

8.1 Great

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Bewcastle Cross

The Bewcastle Cross is an Anglo-Saxon stone cross in Cumbria, England, notable for carved figures, vine scrolls, and run...

Medieval Stone Cross Inscription

8.1 Great