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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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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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Houmuwu Ding

The Houmuwu Ding is a Shang bronze ritual cauldron from China, notable as one of the largest ancient bronzes known, weig...

Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel

9.2 Excellent

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Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire

The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire is a jeweled 10th-century crown, notable as the coronation crown of German k...

Medieval Gold Imperial Crown

9.0 Excellent

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Apollo Belvedere

The Apollo Belvedere is a Roman marble statue after a Greek original, famed since the Renaissance as an ideal of Classic...

Marble Roman Apollo Sculpture

8.8 Great

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Capitoline Wolf

The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze she-wolf in Rome associated with Romulus and Remus, long treated as an emblem of the cit...

Legend Statue Wolf Bronze

8.8 Great

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Hoxne Hoard

The Hoxne Hoard is a late Roman treasure found in Suffolk, England, in 1992, with 14,865 coins and about 200 items of je...

Britain Gold Roman Treasure

8.8 Great

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Farnese Hercules

The Farnese Hercules is a colossal Roman marble copy of a Greek statue by Lysippos, excavated in Rome in 1546 and now in...

Marble Roman Sculpture Hercules

8.7 Great

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Colossus of Constantine

The Colossus of Constantine is a monumental 4th-century Roman statue, known from surviving marble fragments displayed in...

Statue Marble Roman Imperial

8.4 Great

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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

The Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus is a 3rd-century Roman marble coffin, notable for its dense battle scene between Romans...

Marble Roman Imperial Battle

8.3 Great

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Barberini Ivory

The Barberini Ivory is a 6th-century Byzantine ivory panel, probably showing an emperor, noted for its rare imperial tri...

Byzantine Imperial Late Antique Ivory

8.2 Great

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Imperial Sword of the Holy Roman Empire

The Imperial Sword of the Holy Roman Empire is a 12th-century ceremonial sword, notable for its use in the medieval impe...

Medieval Steel Imperial Sword

8.2 Great

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Blacas Cameo

The Blacas Cameo is a Roman sardonyx cameo of Emperor Augustus, made in the early 1st century AD and now a major British...

Roman Imperial Cameo Augustus

8.1 Great

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Warren Cup

The Warren Cup is a Roman silver drinking cup from the 1st century CE, notable for explicit male erotic scenes and fine...

Silver Roman Imperial Cup

7.9 Good

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Mildenhall Great Dish

The Mildenhall Great Dish is a 4th-century Roman silver platter found in Suffolk in 1942, decorated with Bacchic imagery...

Dish Silver Roman Late Antique

7.8 Good

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Rillaton Gold Cup

The Rillaton Gold Cup is a Bronze Age gold vessel found in Cornwall, England, dating to about 1700 BC and one of Britain...

Britain Gold Bronze Age Cup

7.8 Good

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Thetford Hoard

The Thetford Hoard is a Romano-British treasure found in Norfolk, England, in 1979, notable for 4th-century gold rings,...

Britain Gold Roman Treasure

7.5 Good