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Egyptian Book of the Dead Neẓāmī: Khamseh illustration Gutenberg Bible Title page for Regiomontanus's Calendarium (1476). Two-page spread from the Aldine Press's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499). Book of Hours Black-and-white print of an engraved trading card by Robert Clee, 18th century. Two-page spread from Jean de La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers (1762), printed by Joseph Gerard Barbou and illustrated by Charles Eisen. Two-page spread from Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, a book containing three works by Virgil, printed by Pierre l'aîné Didot, 1798. Poster for the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, 1854.
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A page from The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1896), produced by the Kelmscott Press.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica First Edition: Volume 1, Plate XXXVIII, Figure 2, Ark, Ark of the Covenant, a small chest, coffer, contains Aaron's rod, manna pot, tables of covenant, Schechinah, Divine Presence, oracle, shittim-wood, acacia tree
Where Is the Ark of the Covenant?
Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
An old worn baseball and wood bat
Who Really Invented Baseball?
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)
All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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Egyptian Book of the Dead
Neẓāmī: Khamseh illustration
Gutenberg Bible
Title page for Regiomontanus's Calendarium (1476).
Two-page spread from the Aldine Press's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499).
Book of Hours
Black-and-white print of an engraved trading card by Robert Clee, 18th century.
Two-page spread from Jean de La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers (1762), printed by Joseph Gerard Barbou and illustrated by Charles Eisen.
Two-page spread from Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, a book containing three works by Virgil, printed by Pierre l'aîné Didot, 1798.
Poster for the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, 1854.
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