Archaeo - Histories
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History is an unending dialogue between present and the past, that's why few pages of history give more insight than all the metaphysical volumes. (99)
December 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Native American Taos woman Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, 1890s....
© Native American Photos
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December 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Native American Taos woman Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, 1890s....
© Native American Photos
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© Native American Photos
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A 16th Century CE, Italian Parade Shield, depicting ‘The Judgement of Paris’, a story that ultimately led to the Trojan War; sculpted by Leone Leoni.
MET Museum
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MET Museum
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December 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A 16th Century CE, Italian Parade Shield, depicting ‘The Judgement of Paris’, a story that ultimately led to the Trojan War; sculpted by Leone Leoni.
MET Museum
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MET Museum
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December 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Piri Reis map, drawn in 1513 CE, shows parts of Americas with geographic detail that European explorers were supposedly unaware of at time. Its depiction of southern landmass resembling Antarctica without ice has fueled speculation about lost ancient knowledge or older source maps
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December 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Piri Reis map, drawn in 1513 CE, shows parts of Americas with geographic detail that European explorers were supposedly unaware of at time. Its depiction of southern landmass resembling Antarctica without ice has fueled speculation about lost ancient knowledge or older source maps
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A baby sleeps peacefully beneath a Christmas tree in the corner of a modest living room, a quiet moment captured in 1940 inside the home of a construction worker in Corpus Christi, Texas 🇺🇸
© History Pictures
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© History Pictures
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December 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A baby sleeps peacefully beneath a Christmas tree in the corner of a modest living room, a quiet moment captured in 1940 inside the home of a construction worker in Corpus Christi, Texas 🇺🇸
© History Pictures
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© History Pictures
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The historical photograph titled Samurai, Yokohama, taken by the Italian-British photographer Felice Beato
The photo was taken between 1863-1866, during Japan's Edo period, just before samurai class was abolished in late 1870s. It depicts an anonymous samurai holding a katana (long sword) and a fan
The photo was taken between 1863-1866, during Japan's Edo period, just before samurai class was abolished in late 1870s. It depicts an anonymous samurai holding a katana (long sword) and a fan
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The historical photograph titled Samurai, Yokohama, taken by the Italian-British photographer Felice Beato
The photo was taken between 1863-1866, during Japan's Edo period, just before samurai class was abolished in late 1870s. It depicts an anonymous samurai holding a katana (long sword) and a fan
The photo was taken between 1863-1866, during Japan's Edo period, just before samurai class was abolished in late 1870s. It depicts an anonymous samurai holding a katana (long sword) and a fan
After realizing that poor women were using the flour sacks to make clothing for their children some flour mills started using flowered fabric for their sacks, 1939.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
After realizing that poor women were using the flour sacks to make clothing for their children some flour mills started using flowered fabric for their sacks, 1939.
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A 17th Century CE, illustration from an account of a voyage, by the French explorer and engineer François Froger; featuring a capybara (described as a "Water Hog") at the base of a banana tree.
The image is from page 99 of a publication.
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The image is from page 99 of a publication.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A 17th Century CE, illustration from an account of a voyage, by the French explorer and engineer François Froger; featuring a capybara (described as a "Water Hog") at the base of a banana tree.
The image is from page 99 of a publication.
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The image is from page 99 of a publication.
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A 19th Century AD; Victorian Essex Crystal Cat Ring - England 🇬🇧
Medium: reverse‑carved and hand‑painted rock crystal (“Essex crystal”) with a halo of small old‑cut diamonds; gold mount.
Private Collection
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Medium: reverse‑carved and hand‑painted rock crystal (“Essex crystal”) with a halo of small old‑cut diamonds; gold mount.
Private Collection
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December 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A 19th Century AD; Victorian Essex Crystal Cat Ring - England 🇬🇧
Medium: reverse‑carved and hand‑painted rock crystal (“Essex crystal”) with a halo of small old‑cut diamonds; gold mount.
Private Collection
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Medium: reverse‑carved and hand‑painted rock crystal (“Essex crystal”) with a halo of small old‑cut diamonds; gold mount.
Private Collection
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December 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Woodwork class at school...
When blisters built character and splinters were a rite of passage. No screens, just sawdust, sweat, and the satisfying sound of a hand plane on timber.
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When blisters built character and splinters were a rite of passage. No screens, just sawdust, sweat, and the satisfying sound of a hand plane on timber.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Woodwork class at school...
When blisters built character and splinters were a rite of passage. No screens, just sawdust, sweat, and the satisfying sound of a hand plane on timber.
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When blisters built character and splinters were a rite of passage. No screens, just sawdust, sweat, and the satisfying sound of a hand plane on timber.
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This figurine is known as the Beersheba Venus. Dated 4500-3500 BC, Chalcolithic period, it was found in Beersheba, Israel 🇮🇱
📷© Avraham Hay
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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📷© Avraham Hay
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This figurine is known as the Beersheba Venus. Dated 4500-3500 BC, Chalcolithic period, it was found in Beersheba, Israel 🇮🇱
📷© Avraham Hay
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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📷© Avraham Hay
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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A trepanned neolithic skull of a woman that had a prosthetic ear made from seashell attached, found at Roque d'Aille in France and dates around 3rd Millennium BC.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A trepanned neolithic skull of a woman that had a prosthetic ear made from seashell attached, found at Roque d'Aille in France and dates around 3rd Millennium BC.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Mother goddess figure found at the archaeological site of Tell es-Sawwan, Iraq 🇮🇶, dated 6000-5800 BC. She is depicted with a necklace and with one hand laid on her breast and the other on her belly.
Iraq Museum - Baghdad
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Iraq Museum - Baghdad
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December 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Mother goddess figure found at the archaeological site of Tell es-Sawwan, Iraq 🇮🇶, dated 6000-5800 BC. She is depicted with a necklace and with one hand laid on her breast and the other on her belly.
Iraq Museum - Baghdad
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Iraq Museum - Baghdad
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The famous elliptical Art Nouveau staircase inside the Hotel Bristol Palace in Genoa, Italy 🇮🇹
The hotel is a historic building situated on the prestigious Via XX Settembre street opened in 1905, located in central Genoa.
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The hotel is a historic building situated on the prestigious Via XX Settembre street opened in 1905, located in central Genoa.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The famous elliptical Art Nouveau staircase inside the Hotel Bristol Palace in Genoa, Italy 🇮🇹
The hotel is a historic building situated on the prestigious Via XX Settembre street opened in 1905, located in central Genoa.
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The hotel is a historic building situated on the prestigious Via XX Settembre street opened in 1905, located in central Genoa.
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Around 2100 years old, the Sakuragaoka Bronze Bells are attributed to the Yayoi period of ancient Japan 🇯🇵. The group of 14 bronze bells, some of which are decorated with paintings of small animals.
© Cosmos University
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© Cosmos University
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December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Around 2100 years old, the Sakuragaoka Bronze Bells are attributed to the Yayoi period of ancient Japan 🇯🇵. The group of 14 bronze bells, some of which are decorated with paintings of small animals.
© Cosmos University
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© Cosmos University
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German Afrikakorps POWs captured by the British forces in Egypt in a raid on Tel El Eisa Egypt on September 1, 1942.
© MilitaryHistoria
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© MilitaryHistoria
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December 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
German Afrikakorps POWs captured by the British forces in Egypt in a raid on Tel El Eisa Egypt on September 1, 1942.
© MilitaryHistoria
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© MilitaryHistoria
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Venus figure dated 22,000 BP (20,000 BC) from Gagarino, on the right bank of Don river in Russia. She is depicted with large breasts and belly and only 5.8cm in height.
The Hermitage - Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
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The Hermitage - Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
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December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Venus figure dated 22,000 BP (20,000 BC) from Gagarino, on the right bank of Don river in Russia. She is depicted with large breasts and belly and only 5.8cm in height.
The Hermitage - Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
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The Hermitage - Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
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“Inspection of New Arrivals” -
Circassian beauties by Giulio Rosati (1858–1917), an Italian painter who specialized in Orientalist and academic scenes.
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Circassian beauties by Giulio Rosati (1858–1917), an Italian painter who specialized in Orientalist and academic scenes.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Inspection of New Arrivals” -
Circassian beauties by Giulio Rosati (1858–1917), an Italian painter who specialized in Orientalist and academic scenes.
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Circassian beauties by Giulio Rosati (1858–1917), an Italian painter who specialized in Orientalist and academic scenes.
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Trenches of WWI - German trenches are depicted in blue, Allied trenches in red, stretching for hundreds of miles....
© Harvard University Map Collection.
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© Harvard University Map Collection.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Trenches of WWI - German trenches are depicted in blue, Allied trenches in red, stretching for hundreds of miles....
© Harvard University Map Collection.
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© Harvard University Map Collection.
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This waistcoat, which belonged to George Washington and is dated to about 1780, is displayed in the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This waistcoat, which belonged to George Washington and is dated to about 1780, is displayed in the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond.
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A coffee table made in the 1860s by Italian anatomist Efisio Marini using petrified human remains.
It is currently held in the collection of the Museum of the History of Medicine in Paris.
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It is currently held in the collection of the Museum of the History of Medicine in Paris.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A coffee table made in the 1860s by Italian anatomist Efisio Marini using petrified human remains.
It is currently held in the collection of the Museum of the History of Medicine in Paris.
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It is currently held in the collection of the Museum of the History of Medicine in Paris.
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Archaeological excavation site of Roman-era shipwrecks found in ancient port of Neapolis, located beneath modern Piazza Municipio in Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
Three wooden ships were uncovered during the construction of an underground metro line.
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Three wooden ships were uncovered during the construction of an underground metro line.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Archaeological excavation site of Roman-era shipwrecks found in ancient port of Neapolis, located beneath modern Piazza Municipio in Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
Three wooden ships were uncovered during the construction of an underground metro line.
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Three wooden ships were uncovered during the construction of an underground metro line.
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