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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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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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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius is a Roman bronze emperor on horseback, rare because it survived medieval melti...

Statue Bronze Roman Imperial

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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Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus is a 4th-century Greek Bible manuscript, notable as one of the earliest near-complete copies of the Chr...

Manuscript Biblical Christian Vellum

9.3 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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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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Dresden Codex

The Dresden Codex is a pre-Columbian Maya bark-paper book, notable as the most complete surviving Maya codex and a major...

Astronomy Manuscript Maya Codex

9.2 Excellent

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Newton's Reflecting Telescope

Newton's reflecting telescope was built in 1668 by Isaac Newton, using a mirror instead of a main lens and demonstrating...

Astronomy Optics Telescope Scientific

9.0 Excellent