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The Kermario Dolmen at Carnac, north-west France. The granite structure was created as a burial chamber and would have originally been completely covered by an earth mound. The megaliths of Carnac were built between 5,000 and 3,000 BCE.

Saltman No 4. Currently on display in the Zanjan Museum. (Image 7)

Saltman no 4. Currently on display in the Zanjan Museum, Iran. (Image 6)

Saltman No. 3, currently on display in the Zanjan Museum. (Image 5)

Saltman No. 2, from the Zanjan Mine in Iran, currently on display in Zanjan Musem. (Image 4)

Saltman No. 2, currently on display in Zanjan Musem. (Image 3)

Elamite Ziggurat located in today's Khuzestan Province in Iran. It was constructed in approximately 1250 BCE in a religious city originally called Dar Untash.

Crates of Thebes by Luca Giordano, 1650 CE, Palazzo Barberini, Rome.

Ancient Egyptian depiction of an early instance of cow domestication.

Diogenes sitting in his tub. Painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860 CE)