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Ladies' Trifles, 1834

A round crater with rust-colored rims, its floor covered in white ice, surrounded by orange-brown desert terrain under a light haze.

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Ice-filled crater on Mars seen from an oblique angle

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Images Published of Water Ice in an 82-Kilometre Crater at Mars's North Pole

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Sixteen French Carmelite nuns who resisted revolutionary state control over the Catholic Church were executed on 17 July 1794 and became the Martyrs of Compiègne

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I'm alive, Marta!

I'm alive, Marta! I'm alive!

Close-up of an old gilded bronze vessel: a ribbed shoulder, silver vine leaves, reclining figures at the neck and a relief of female figures on the body, with patina.

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Gilded bronze vessel with relief figures and a vine motif

A bronze krater with a golden sheen, relief figures, sculptures on the shoulders and a vine ornament in a museum display case.

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Bronze krater of the late 4th century BC with Dionysian scenes from a burial near Thessaloniki

A delightful piece of work from the late 4th century BC. This bronze krater with Dionysian scenes was found in a burial near Thessaloniki. The craftsmen achieved its golden gleam through a high tin content

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Ancient Greek hairstyles and headdresses make one wonder: at precisely which moment did fashion take a wrong turn?

Black-and-white photograph of an empty room with striped wallpaper, a double door, damaged patches on the wall and debris on the floor.

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Basement room of the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where the Tsar's family was shot in 1918

The cellar of the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where the Tsar's family was shot on the night of 16–17 July 1918. The house was demolished on 16 and 17 September 1977

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Sophia Loren and her younger sister Maria Scicolone, actress and singer

Sophia Loren and her younger sister Maria Scicolone, actress and singer. Sophia is now 89 years old, Maria 86

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Bill Clinton Shakes John F. Kennedy's Hand in 1963

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