Tibetan astronomical Thangka, 1684
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Harry Burton, The unbroken seal on King Tutankhamun's tomb, 1922
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Nubian pyramids dating from around 100 B.C.E. to 150 C.E., Gebel Barkal, Sudan. 1906
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Nebatean ruins of Mada’in Saleh, Saudi Arabia (ca. 1st century C.E.)
Photo circa 1960
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Geysers of sand explode as geologists probe for oil-bearing land
Saudi Arabia, Jan 1966
Photo; Thomas J. Abercrombie
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Anthropomorphic rectangular alabaster Stele from the Arabian Peninsula, 1st millennium BCE (20.3 cm x 19cm)
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Sleeping Antelope, Saharan Rock Art, Algeria, ca. 9000 BCE
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Hand-stencil rock art from Gua Tewet, Borneo, thought to be over 10,000 years old. Photo by Luc-Henri Fage
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‘Holy Ghost panel’ at Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, Utah, USA. Probably dating from about 700 CE
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Painted Hide Shield, Comanche, 19th century
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Robert Smithson, Spiral Hill, 1971, Emmen, The Netherlands
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Egyptian ceremonial shield, from the tomb of Tutankhamun (King Tut) 1333-1323 B.C.E.
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Fayum Mummy Portrait flanked by Gods, Egypt, ca.1st century CE
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Climbing up the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, late 19th century, photo by the Bonfils studio.
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Theophanes the Greek - Seraph, fresco in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior, Novgorod, Russia, 1378
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Dionisius - Seraph, fresco from the Ferapontov Monastery, Russia, 1495-1496
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Cueva de las Manos in the Santa Cruz province in Argentina (The art in the cave dates from 13,000 to 9,000 years ago)
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Panel of Hands, El Castillo Cave, Spain. Hand stencil has been dated to more than 37,300 years ago & red disk to more than 40,600 years ago
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Edward S. Curtis, Watching the dancers, Walpi Pueblo, Arizona, ca. 1906
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Edward S. Curtis, Apache Dance, ca. 1906
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Lamenting Women, from the tomb of Ramose, Sheikh Abd el-Qurnac, Egypt, 1411-1375 BCE
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Cave of Swimmers, Wadi Sura in the Gilf Kebir plateau of the Sahara, in SW Egypt near the Libyan border, ca 6000 BCE
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