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Carnac Alignments, France
A section of the Carnac Alignments in north-west France. These granite stone menhirs were placed in long parallel lines sometime between 5,000 and 3,000 BCE. Their purpose was most likely as markers of processional ways and sacred places...
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Menhir Alignments, Carnac
A section of the Carnac Alignments in north-west France. These granite stone menhirs were placed in long parallel lines sometime between 5,000 and 3,000 BCE. Their purpose was most likely as markers of processional ways and sacred places...
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Kermario Dolmen, Carnac
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.
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Saltman No. 4 (Another View)
Saltman No 4. Currently on display in the Zanjan Museum. (Image 7)
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Saltman Mummy No. 4
Saltman no 4. Currently on display in the Zanjan Museum, Iran. (Image 6)
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Saltman Remains
Saltman No. 3, currently on display in the Zanjan Museum. (Image 5)
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Saltman from Zanjan Mine
Saltman No. 2, from the Zanjan Mine in Iran, currently on display in
Zanjan Musem. (Image 4)
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Saltman Mummy from Iranian Mine
Saltman No. 2, currently on display in Zanjan Musem. (Image 3)
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Chogha Zanbil (Dar Untash)
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.
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Crates of Thebes by Giordano
Crates of Thebes by Luca Giordano, 1650 CE, Palazzo Barberini, Rome.
