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Map of the Voyages of Matthew Flinders in the Investigator
Map showing the circumnavigation of New Holland (Australia) in 1802-1803 by the British navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders(1774-1814).

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Chart of Van Diemen's Land
Chart of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) by the British navigator and cartographer, Matthew Flinders, (1774-1814). Chart drawn 1798-1799.

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Matthew Flinders
Portrait of Captain Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy, 1774-1814. Painted by Toussaint Antoine De Chazal De Chamerel (1770-1822).

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Ancient Roman Slave Market
Painting by Gustave Boulanger (c. 1882 CE) illustrating what an ancient Roman slave market auction may have looked like.

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Persian Tiles Showing Iris Plants
Two Persian painted tiles showing Iris plants. c. 1660-70. Painted and glazed terracotta, from an arched wall panel. Isfahan, Iran. (Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada)

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Reciting Poetry in a Garden
A scene composed of Persian colored tiles showing a picnic in a garden. First-quarter of the 17th century, Isfahan, Iran. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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Silver-plated Helmet from Epirus
Silver-plated iron helmet found in Cist grave 1 in Prodromi, Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. The grave is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa, Epirus)

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Iron Thorax Armour from Epirus
Iron anatomical thorax with golden buckles found in Cist grave 1 in Prodromi, Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. The grave is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa...

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The Trundholm Sun Chariot
The Trundholm sun chariot, 1400 BCE.
National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

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Shabti Broad Collar
Shabtis are small statues that were buried with a deceased person and were meant to perform all manual labor tasks for them in the afterlife. Normally, shabtis were placed in tombs in shabti boxes and each was individually inscribed with...