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Rosso Fiorentino, Elephant Fresco (c. 1536)
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BSH4: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, c. 450–425 BC.
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A satchel for a scholar
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The origin and spread of botanical gardens in European universities
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Saami man
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Караганда (Казахстан)
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Gerhard Mercator’s world map of 1569
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Robert Morison (1620-83)
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The mechanical clock: origin and purpose
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Danger
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Hooke's microscope, 1665
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Хлопковые весы (Таджикистан)
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David Teniers the Younger, The Alchemist (1643/45)
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Attic Lekythos from Deve Hüyük
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Origins of coins in the Black Sea Hoard
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Botticelli, The Calumny of Apelles (1496-1497)
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ‘The Two Round Spaces on the Tombstone’, manuscript on paper, 1800
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The mariner's astrolabe: derivation and usage
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Riemann surface
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Russian mother with children
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