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Drawing of a turbaned rider with a plume on a decorated camel, a youth beside it

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Two sketches of a camel costume for an opera in 17th-century France

The magic of opera in two sketches for a camel costume. France, 17th century

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Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses

Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses. John William Waterhouse, 1891

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It makes me laugh every time I remember how much Rodin's monument to Balzac resembles a sad seal

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After the Fall into the Abyss of Khazad-dûm, Gandalf the Grey Is Indeed No Longer the Same

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Atlases Prefer Blondes

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In Düsseldorf, the First Arabic Street Sign Has Been Put Up

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Gustave Doré's 1871 work on Christian martyrs in the arena

Christian Martyrs. Gustave Doré, 1871

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A Mountain of Crockery with a Pearl Earring

A mountain of crockery with a pearl earring. The artist is Emil Schwarzler

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In life, the cantankerous alarm clock from Beauty and the Beast is considerably larger than in the film

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How the Circus of Caligula, 1st Century AD, Became the Modern Vatican

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List of Russian Subjects Who Perished in the Sinking of the Titanic Published