swap_horiz Vindolanda Writing Tablets Alternatives

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Nike of Samothrace

The Nike of Samothrace is a marble Hellenistic sculpture dating to the 2nd century BC, depicting the Greek goddess of vi...

Ancient Greek Marble 2ND Century Bce

9.67 Brilliant

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Epic of Gilgamesh (Flood Tablet)

The Epic of Gilgamesh flood tablet, formally known as Tablet XI, is a cuneiform-inscribed clay tablet discovered in the...

Literature Assyrian British Museum 7TH Century Bce

9.56 Brilliant

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Code of Hammurabi

The Code of Hammurabi is a monumental basalt stele originating from ancient Babylon. Carved in approximately 1754 BC, it...

Law Ancient Babylonian Basalt

9.55 Brilliant

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Herculaneum Scrolls

The Herculaneum scrolls are a collection of papyri carbonized during the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Discovered in...

Roman Carbonized Papyrus 1ST Century

9.55 Brilliant

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Sacred Bodhi Tree of Anuradhapura (Sri Maha Bodhi)

Located in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, the Sacred Bodhi Tree is a major Buddhist pilgrimage site. According to tradition, i...

Ancient Pilgrimage Sri Lanka Buddhist

9.55 Brilliant

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Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Sculptures)

The Elgin Marbles, or Parthenon Sculptures, are a collection of classical Greek marble statues and friezes originally de...

Classical Greek Marble British Museum

9.50 Brilliant

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Hajar al-Aswad (Black Stone of the Kaaba)

The Hajar al-Aswad, or Black Stone, is a revered Islamic relic embedded in the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, Sau...

Ancient Islamic Kaaba Sacred Stone

9.49 Excellent

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Black Stone of Mecca (Kaaba)

The Black Stone (al-Hajar al-Aswad) is a rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca,...

Ancient Islamic Stone Mecca

9.46 Excellent

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Lamassu from Nimrud

The Lamassu from Nimrud is a monumental Mesopotamian sculpture from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, dating to around 700 BCE. T...

Ancient Alabaster Assyrian British Museum

9.21 Excellent

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Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) Roman Copy

The *Doryphoros*, or "Spear Bearer," is a Roman marble copy of a lost Greek bronze sculpture originally created by the C...

Ancient Marble Roman Naples Museum

9.17 Excellent

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Farnese Atlas

The Farnese Atlas is a 2nd-century CE Roman marble sculpture depicting the Titan Atlas bearing a celestial globe decorat...

Ancient Marble Roman Atlas

8.89 Great

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Battlefield Palette

The Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) is a small carnivorous marsupial endemic to Kangaroo Island, South Aus...

Ancient Egyptian Slate Predynastic

8.37 Great

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True Cross (Croce Vaticana, Vatican)

The Croce Vaticana is a medieval Roman relic representing a portion of the wood from Jesus Christ’s cross. Created aroun...

Ancient Catholic Roman Passion Relic

8.23 Great

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Acheropita Icon (Sancta Sanctorum, Rome)

The Acheropita icon depicts an image of Christ considered “not made by human hands,” a unique and venerated object withi...

Ancient Catholic Roman Sacred Image

8.14 Great

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Body of St. Cecilia (Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome)

The remains of St. Cecilia, a 2nd-century Roman martyr and the patron saint of music, are enshrined beneath the high alt...

Body Ancient Catholic Roman

7.91 Good

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Head of St. John the Baptist (San Silvestro in Capite, Rome)

The Basilica of San Silvestro in Capite, a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Rome, serves as the sanctuary for a relic ve...

Ancient Catholic Roman Head

7.36 Good

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Body of St. Lucy (Venice)

The relics of Saint Lucy, a 4th-century Christian martyr from Syracuse, are enshrined in the Church of San Geremia in Ve...

Body Ancient Catholic Roman

7.13 Good

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Relics of St. Bartholomew (San Bartolomeo all'Isola, Rome)

Relics traditionally identified as those of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle are kept in the Basilica of San Bartolomeo all...

Ancient Catholic Roman Bones

6.81 Fair

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Relics of St. Thaddeus/Jude (St. Peter's Basilica)

The relics of St. Jude Thaddeus are enshrined in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, resting beneath the main altar alo...

Ancient Catholic Roman Bones

6.72 Fair

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Relics of St. Philip the Apostle (Santi Apostoli, Rome)

The relics of St. Philip the Apostle rest in the Basilica of Santi Apostoli in Rome, where they have been venerated sinc...

Ancient Catholic Roman Bones

5.52 Mediocre