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Croesus stater: The 2,500-year-old coin that introduced the gold standardThese 2,500-year-old coins are the origin of our monetary system.
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Ancient Egyptian 'granary with scribes' diorama: A miniature workplace found buried in a tomb from the Middle KingdomA small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.
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Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusksThese carved snow goggles were a necessary accessory for Arctic existence centuries ago.
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Dolní Věstonice Portrait Head: The oldest known human portrait in the worldA tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age.
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Bayeux Tapestry: A 1,000-year-old embroidery depicting William the Conqueror's victory and King Harold's grisly deathA long roll of cloth embroidered with key scenes from British history is a unique medieval chronicle.
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Bad Dürrenberg headdress: An elaborate 9,000-year-old headpiece worn by a female shaman in EuropeA lavish 9,000-year-old grave in central Germany revealed the burial of a powerful female shaman.
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Doban-kun: A 'cute' human-shaped counting tool from prehistoric JapanThis anthropomorphic clay tablet was likely used in an ancient ritual by the Jōmon culture in Japan.
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Dancing dwarf: A 2,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of a godlike man with a muscular 6-packThis marble statuette is emblematic of Ptolemaic-era art: a mishmash of styles with a decidedly Egyptian twist.
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2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman frontier that has the earliest known Latin written by a womanThis wafer-thin wooden tablet from a first-century Roman fort in the U.K. includes a heartfelt birthday party invitation.
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