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Ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey

Facade on the Main Street of the ruins of Ephesus, Turkey

Light entering the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome

Stonehenge in Amesbury, Wiltshire, UK

Relief of Darius I from Persepolis, 522-486 BCE

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

Golden Cavalry Face-Mask Helmet (Type Ribchester) dating from 80-125 CE, found on the bed of the Corbulo Canal (Fossa Corbulonis) near the Roman fort of Matilo (modern Leiden). (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands)

Cavalry Face-Mask Helmet (Type Nijmegen-Kops Plateau), brass sheet on iron core, dating to the 1st or 2nd century CE. (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands)

Upon death, ancient Greek culture called for placing a coin, or obol, in the mouth of the deceased to pay Charon for rowing him/her across the River Styx to the afterlife.

The ruins of Bhangarh Fort in Rajasthan, thought to be inhabited by ghosts.