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Plaque with a Priest from the Oxus Treasure, 500–330 B.C., Achaemenid. Gold, 5 7/8 x 2 15/16...
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A portrait of Mary Toft by James Caulfield, made in 1819 – a copy of an earlier...
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By Dr. N.P. Swartz Director: Unit for Legal Historical Research University of the Free State ABSTRACT Thomas...
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How do survivors find healing? Chum Mey, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, walks past a...
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Giovanni Cavino, I primi dodici imperatori Romani (‘The first twelve Roman emperors’), plaquettes produced at Padua, c....
The Peutinger Table. Reproduction by Conradi Millieri – Ulrich Harsch Bibliotheca Augustana. Wikimedia Commons Today the phrase ‘all roads leads...
A relief at the ancient Persian city of Persepolis (now in modern Iran), including inscriptions in cuneiform,...
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