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Colossus of Ramesses II in Memphis, Egypt.

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Trade Links between the Roman Empire and the East (1st - 3rd centuries) -

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The Sphinx dedicated to the oracle of Delphi by the state of Naxos, c. 560 BCE. Originally, it was placed atop a 10 m tall Ionic column. (Delphi Archaeological Museum).

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A detail from the throne of Tutankhamun which shows the pharaoh with his wife Ankhsenamun on the right. c. 1327 BCE, National Museum, Cairo.

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The Snake Goddess is a faience figurine depicting a woman holding a snake in each hand. It was found in the main sanctuary of the Palace of Knossos in Crete and dates back to around 1650-1550 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Image: @carolemadge

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The Treaty of Kadesh was written in the Akkadian language in 1269 BCE. It was a peace-treaty which was concluded between Ramesses II (the Egyptian Pharaoh) and Hattusilis (King of Hittite). Terracotta, Hittite imperial era, 1269 BCE. Image: @OsamaSMAmin

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Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Crusader Sword Off Israel’s Coast.

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Artist uses AI to recreate face of Alexander the Great.

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A relief with a representation of Persian King Xerxes I. 5th century BCE, Persepolis.

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1,500-Year-Old Skeletons Found Locked in Embrace in Chinese Cemetery.

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Mummy portrait of a girl, 120-150 CE, Roman Egypt, wax encaustic painting on sycamore wood (Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main). Image: Carole Raddato/ @carolemadge

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Thoth is the Egyptian god of writing, magic, wisdom, and the moon. He was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt alternately said to be self-created or born of the seed of Horus from the forehead of Set.

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These Ancient Greek Helmets Tell of a Naval Battle 2,500 Years Ago.

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The interior nave of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, first constructed 532-37 CE.

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3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt discovered.

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The punishment of the 50 daughters of Danaus who, for killing their husbands on their wedding night, must fill a bowl with water down in Hades - a task which never ends as the bowl leaks. (Painting by John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917 CE).

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The Marduk Prophecy is an Assyrian document dating to between 713-612 BCE found in a building known as The House of the Exorcist adjacent to a temple in the city of Ashur.

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Copper alloy with precious metal inlay statue of Egyptian priestess Takushit. 25th Dynasty, c. 670 BCE. Found near Alexandria. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).

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Amateur Archaeologist in Switzerland Unearths 2,000-Year-Old Roman Dagger.

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The Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico, c. 100 CE.

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A relief from the back of the throne of a seated statue of Ramesses II depicting the Egyptian goddess of writing, Seshat. 13th century BCE, Luxor Temple, Egypt.

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Frontal view of the Viking ship known as the Gokstad, housed at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. The ship dates from c. 900 CE and was preserved in a ship burial found in Oslo fjord.

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Pompeii’s fast food joint unearthed in 2019 opens to public.

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The Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal, Mexico. The Maya temple was first built in the 6th century CE with additions made up to the 10th century CE.

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A pair of thin, embossed gold coverings which decorated the shoes of the chieftain buried at Hochdorf around 530 BCE. The man interred in the Iron Age burial mound is believed to have been a Celtic "prince" or chieftain.

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Two Phoenician coloured glass vessels. 5th-3rd century BCE. (Museum kunst Palast, Dusseldorf).

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The Rosetta Stone is an incomplete grey and pink granodiorite stela dating from 196 BCE which presents a priestly decree concerning King Ptolemy V of Egypt. The text is in three different versions: Hieroglyphic, Demotic & Greek. Image:© The British Museum

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Neolithic Mounds at Knowth near Slane, County Meath, Ireland.

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Archaeologists Discover 2,550-Year-Old Carving of the Last King of Babylon.

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This tablet contains a unique map of the Mesopotamian world. Babylon is shown in the centre (the rectangle in the top half of the circle), & other places are also named. The central area is ringed by a circular waterway labelled 'Salt-Sea'. C.700-500 BCE.

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The bronze statue of Athena known as the Piraeus Athena. Possibly 4th century BCE or a later Hellenistic copy of an earlier original. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus).

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Colossus of Ramesses II in Memphis, Egypt.

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Colossus of Ramesses II in Memphis, Egypt.

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The World According to Columbus c. 1490 -

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In honour of International Cat Day this week. 😂 Excuse the French. 😅 #HistoryHumour

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🤪😂 Happy New Year! #HistoryHumour

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The stone head sculptures of the Olmec civilization of the Gulf Coast of Mexico (1200 BCE - 400 BCE) are amongst the most mysterious and debated artefacts from the ancient world.

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The Phoenician Expansion c. 11th to 6th centuries BCE -

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The Travels of Hadrian across the Roman Empire c. 125 -

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The Swedish galleon Vasa, built in the first quarter of the 17th century, sunk in 1628 and rescued in 1961. (Vasa Museum, Stockholm).

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Babylonians Used Applied Geometry 1,000 Years Before Pythagoras.

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Head of a Mummy from Ptolemaic-Roman Egypt -

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Cities Named Alexandria by Alexander the Great -

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Today in #history : The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. (1512 CE) #OnThisDay Read more:

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Today in #history : Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. (27 BCE) #OnThisDay Read more:

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Today in #history : Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. (49 BCE) #OnThisDay

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The Great Ziggurat of Ur was built by the Sumerian King Ur-Nammu and his son Shulgi during the 21st century BCE. It was part of a temple complex that served as an administrative center for the city, and which was a shrine of the moon god Nanna.

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Trajan's Market in Rome, 107-110 CE. The complex was originally on three street levels and only a part was devoted to commercial purposes. The upper level included a covered shopping arcade.

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Fragments of Ancient Egyptian ‘Book of the Dead’ Reunited After Centuries.

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Osiris is the Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, brother-husband to Isis, and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt.

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The Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE. The statue was dedicated to the Great Gods at the sanctuary on Samothrace. (Louvre Museum, Paris).

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This is the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh. The cuneiform text on this tablet is similar to the Biblical story of Noah & his ark. From the library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal II at Mesopotamia, Iraq. 7th century BCE. The British Museum, London.

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Archaeologists Discover ‘Lost,’ 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Sun Temple.

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Happy #InternationalCatDay ! 🐈 Cats in the Ancient World.

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Archaeologists Discover Temple in Egypt Inspired by Greek God Zeus.

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Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk in Mesopotamia best known from The Epic of Gilgamesh (written c. 2150 - 1400 BCE) the great Sumerian/Babylonian poetic work which pre-dates Homer's writing by 1500 years.

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Today in #history : Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia. (52 BCE) #OnThisDay

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The Code of Hammurabi, a set of 282 laws inscribed in stone by the Babylonian king Hammurabi (r. 1795-1750 BCE). Louvre, Paris.

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Persian Archers at Darius' palace at Susa. Exhibited in Pergamon Museum/Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin.

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1,500-Year-Old Winery Found in Israel.

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Ancient Roman mosaic floor discovered under vines in #Italy . #Archaeology

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Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated, later, with Isis and, earlier, with Sekhmet but eventually was considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived.

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Tomb of Darius I (Darius the Great), Naqsh-e Rustam, near Persepolis, Iran, c. 522–486 BCE.

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A bronze 'Corinthian' helmet (6-5th century BCE). Olympia Archaeological Museum.

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Egyptian Archaeologists Accidentally Discover 250 Ancient, Rock-Cut Tombs.

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Polished, 5,500-Year-Old Stone Balls Found in Neolithic Scottish Tomb.

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2,000-Year-Old Roman Bowl Discovered Intact in the Netherlands.

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The Aztec Sun Stone (also known as the Calendar Stone) is a representation of the five eras of the sun from Aztec mythology. The stone was part of the architectural complex of the Temple Mayor of Tenochtitlán and dates to c. 1427 CE.

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In Roman mythology, Romulus and his twin brother Remus were the founders of the city of Rome. They were the children of Rhea Silvia and Mars (or in some variations the demi-god hero Hercules).

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Mesopotamia is the ancient Greek name (meaning “the land between two rivers”, the Tigris and Euphrates) for the region corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey. It is considered the “cradle of civilization".

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A 2nd century CE Attic relief plaque showing a priest and priestess performing a religious ritual. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus).

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The Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE. The statue was dedicated to the Great gods at the sanctuary on Samothrace. (Louvre Museum, Paris).

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This magnificently carved 1st Century BCE gem intaglio is mounted on gold and framed by glass, emeralds and garnets. The middle figure is thought to be a Ptolemaic queen. In her right arm she bears the cornucopia of Aphrodite or Isis-Aphrodite.

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BREAKING NEWS: Huge #Egyptian sarcophagus found to contain three mummies. #Archaeology #Egypt

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The faravahar is the best-known symbol from ancient Persia of the winged sun disk with a seated male figure in the center. It is thought to represent Ahura Mazda, the god of Zoroastrianism, but has also been interpreted to signify other concepts.

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Figures of Babylon: oldest drawing of a ghost found in British Museum vault.

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The Excavation of Pompeii. Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899) was an Italian painter of the Verismo style. This romantic painting shows what the excavation of Pompeii in the 19th century may have looked like.

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Archaeologists in Italy Unearth Marble Bust of Rome’s First Emperor, Augustus.

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The Small Temple at Abu Simbel was dedicated to Hathor and Queen Nefertari. The temple is adorned with colossi across the front facade, depicting Ramesses II and his queen Nefertari. The complex was built between 1264 - 1244 BCE or 1244-1224 BCE.

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Today in #history : The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. (325 CE) #OnThisDay

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Queen Himiko, also known as Pimiko or Pimiku (c. 183 - 248 CE), was a 3rd-century CE ruler of the territory in ancient Japan known as Hsieh-ma-t'ai or Yamatai, later to be known as Yamato.

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