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Sumerian Face of a Worshipper. This beautifully carved face would have originally belonged to a complete statue carved in composite from different colored stones. Mesopotamian, Circa 2700 B.C.
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Petra. The Treasury.
Petra. The Treasury.Jordan
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The gate of Angkor Thom, Cambodia
The gate of Angkor Thom, Cambodia
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the stairs lead up to an old castle like structure on top of a snowy hill
The Ascent - Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China, Beijing, China.
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The Library of Celsus in Ephesus, Izmir Province,...
The Library of Celsus in Ephesus was built in 117 A.D as a tomb for Gaius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, the governor of the province of Asia. The capacity of the library was more than 12,000 scrolls. It was the third richest library in ancient times after the ones in Alexandria and Pergamum.The Library of Celsus in Ephesus, Izmir Province, Turkey
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"Writing invented by The Sumerians" The Sumerians around 4000 BC. for the first time in history, made an urban area, developed sophisticated irrigation systems and created the first cereal agriculture as well as the earliest writing.
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The female sumerian statue found at the Abu Temple in Tell Asmar from c. 2700 BCE.
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Petroglyphs Provincial Park has a special place in Ontario's provincial park system. It is one of the most intrigiung and evocative archeological treasurers in Canada. On a flat expanse of marble and protected by a specially designed protective building, there are more than 900 carvings of symbolic shapes and figures.
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The Uffington White Horse, Oxfordshire, England The 110m (374ft) long Bronze-Age geoglyph dates back to between 1400-600BC and is one of many white horses to be found on England’s hillsides
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Prehistoric Archaeological Site ~ Shetland, Scotland
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