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Nevada-Semipalatinsk pennant (Kazakhstan)
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Rosso Fiorentino, Dead Christ with Angels (1524-1525)
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Clone of Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, 1543
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William Harvey (1578-1657)
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Javelin-head from Deve Hüyük
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John Donne's 1531 Convivio
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BSH3: Silver tetradrachm of Akanthos (Chalcidice), fragment, c. 470 BC.
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Drawing of trees
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Stele of Xerxes from the Hierothesion of Antiochus I.
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Commemorative postage stamps with architecture of Samarkand (Uzbekistan)
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John Tradescant the Elder
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A box to 'kindle therein any fire or flame'?
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'Star forts', 'gunpowder fortifications', and the 'trace italienne'
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August of Saxony by Lucas Cranach jr., 1572
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Common-sense observation: the sphere of the fixed stars
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Small quadrant of gilt brass
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Spoon of reindeer antler (3-D)
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John Fell's (1625-1686) plate
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“Rest in peace, for we are awake”: The Iranian Celebrations of 1971.
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An Ethiopian mahdar
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Bodleian, MS Ashmole 399, folios 18r-22r
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Collegio Ghislieri, University of Pavia
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British Victory Medal
T15: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of Tarkumuwa, c. 380-370 BC.
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