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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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JH1: Silver stater of Messana (Sicily), c. 488–481 BC.
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Arcimboldo, Rudolf II as Vertumnus (1590-1591)
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Ferrante Imperato, 1599
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Terracotta 'Persian rider' from Al Mina (3D)
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Qaragandy (Kazakhstan)
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Draft of a letter from Edward Burnett Tylor to Robert Hanley Hall, 14 December 1899
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Houses and totem poles in Masset
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Emblem 'Am I not a Man and a Brother'?
Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 40v
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Russian sleigh
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Female reproductive system
Exhibition case
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Women's First (and only) Eight, 1982
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The Apadana at Persepolis
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Thomas Hariot, A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia (Amsterdam, 1590)
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V.4 Rhetoric: the art of persuasion
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Johann Cogler, Lutheran Sacrament of the Altar (1558)
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The Suitcase (Kazakhstan)
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The State Robe of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony, 1611
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Piazza del Popolo (c. 1662-1681)
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The key to miniaturisation: the Fusee, early 15th century
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Queenie Vol. VIII, No. 5
Custom-made phonebook (Kazakhstan)
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