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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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Black Stone

The Black Stone is a sacred stone set in the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, touched or saluted by pilgrims during...

Islamic Pilgrimage Stone Kaaba

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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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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Laocoon and His Sons

Laocoon and His Sons is an ancient marble group found in Rome in 1506, notable for its dramatic scene from Trojan War le...

Mythology Greek Marble Sculpture

9.3 Excellent

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Charioteer of Delphi

The Charioteer of Delphi is a Greek bronze statue dedicated after a chariot victory at the Pythian Games around 474 BC.

Classical Athlete Statue Greek

9.3 Excellent

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Discobolus

Discobolus is a Greek discus-thrower statue by Myron, known through Roman copies and celebrated for its Classical study...

Classical Athlete Greek Marble

9.1 Excellent

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Artemision Bronze

The Artemision Bronze is a Greek bronze statue found in the sea off Cape Artemision, debated as Zeus or Poseidon and dat...

Classical Statue Greek Bronze

8.9 Great

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Euphronios Krater

The Euphronios Krater is a Greek red-figure wine bowl signed by Euphronios, famed for its depiction of Sarpedon's death.

Greek Ceramic Banquet Krater

8.9 Great

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Warka Vase

The Warka Vase is a carved alabaster vessel from Uruk in Iraq, made around 3200-3000 BC and known for early narrative re...

Ritual Sumerian Vase Alabaster

8.8 Great

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Nereid Monument

The Nereid Monument is a 4th-century BC Lycian tomb from Xanthos, notable for its Greek temple form and sea-nymph figure...

Classical Greek Marble Monument

8.7 Great

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Dipylon Amphora

The Dipylon Amphora is a monumental Greek Geometric funerary vase from Athens, made around 760 BC for a grave marker.

Greek Ceramic Geometric Funerary

8.6 Great

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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Horse Fragment

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus horse fragment is a surviving sculpture from the 4th-century BC tomb of Mausolus in Caria...

Classical Greek Marble Sculpture

7.5 Good