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Gravestone of Greek Woman from Black Sea
Limestone grave-stela of a Greek woman from the Black Sea. Cape Tuzla (Taman, Russia), c. 100 BCE-100 CE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

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The Kon-Tiki Raft at Sea
A still from the award-winning documentary film made by Thor Herydahl (1914-2002) of his 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition when he and five others crossed the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia on a balsa-wood raft.

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The Coastal Landscape of Wadden Sea, Northern Germany
Brown grass on a body of water at Norden, Germany.

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Battle Frieze from Ancient Black Sea Region
This is a fragment of a frieze depicting a battle scene. It might perhaps depict a battle scene between ancient Greek warriors and the legendary Amazons. It comes from present-day Yubileynoye, which is located on Russia's Taman peninsula...

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Detail of the Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Botticelli
A detail showing Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene from the 'Lamentation over the Dead Christ' by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510 CE). 1490-2 CE. (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)

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Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Lamentation over the Dead Christ, oil on panel painting by Pietro Perugino, 1495.
Uffizi, Florence.

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Tournai Citizens Burying the Dead during the Black Death
The citizens of Tournai, Belgium, burying the dead during the Black Death of 1347-52 CE.

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Hel, Norse Ruler of the Dead
Hel, queen of the underworld in Norse mythology, artwork by Mkasahara, 2019. Hel was a female character in Norse mythology who ruled the realm of the dead of the same name. Her kingdom was said to be a hopeless, gloomy, and dark place, located...

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The Knot of the Dead
A section of the Stora Hammars I stone in Gotland representing a so-called valknut (the three triangles), alongside a figure with a spear, which might be interpreted as Odin, accompanied by what looks like a raven and a hanging man near a...

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Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Beato Angelico
Lamentation over the Dead Christ, tempera on panel by Beato Angelico, 1436-1441.
Museo di San Marco, Florence.