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The Tomb of Christ Opened for the First Time in 500 Years
The Tomb of Christ has been opened for the first time in 500 years. For the moment it is considered established that this is indeed the very tomb venerated by the Crusaders and declared to be the grave of Christ under the Emperor Constantine
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Golden sandal of Tutankhamun in a black-and-white photograph
Tutankhamun's sandal. Gold, naturally
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Assyrian demon Pazuzu, lord of the winds, and his role as a protective amulet
The Assyrian demon Pazuzu, lord of the parching winds. It seems to have been he who took possession of the girl in 'The Exorcist'. Curiously enough, his image was used as an amulet against more malevolent powers
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Nefertiti and Akhenaten holding hands, remains of a sculpture
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1926: Workmen Carrying Out the Contents of Tutankhamun's Tomb
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The Great Ramesses as a Child under the Protection of the God Horus
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Terracotta Zodiac Figurines, First Millennium, China
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Four Horses, a Persian Painting of the Seventeenth Century
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Fragment of the fossilised head of a ten-metre gharial-like crocodile of the Miocene epoch, from India
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Iranian silver wine cup with a griffin, holding 1.5 litres, is over 2,500 years old
An Iranian silver wine cup with a griffin holds 1.5 litres of wine. Its age: more than 2,500 years
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