Payday on a US Navy cruiser, 1942...
During World War II, U.S. Navy sailors were typically paid in cash while at sea, with shipboard paymasters distributing wages by hand.
© History Pictures
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Hace más de tres mil seiscientos años ya le daban al vicio...
Dos dados de terracota, de la Harappa; Civilización del valle del Indo (2600-1900 a. C.), ahora en Pakistán.
Se conservan en el Museo Nacional de Historia de Lahore.
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The painting titled Sunrise (also known as Siren by the Sea), created by the German artist Leopold Schmutzler (1864–1940).
The artwork is an oil on canvas painting. It depicts a female figure, often interpreted as a siren, sitting on a rock by the sea at sunrise or sunset.
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Espada china de bronce con incrustaciones de turquesa, empuñadura de cristal de roca con incrustaciones de oro, Período de los Reinos Combatientes, siglo IV-II a.C.
Colección privada.
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The lead architect Minoru Yamasaki and his team posing with a large-scale model of the World Trade Center in 1964, New York City 🇺🇸
© Vintage American Photos
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Japanese Robot (1932) ...
Inventor Yasutaro Mitsui poses with his creation, a steel humanoid robot, in Tokyo, 1932. This fascinating piece of machinery highlights the early 20th Century fascination with automation and futurism.
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The brick that changed the world...
The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, launched in 1983, the world's first commercially available handheld cellular phone. It weighed around 1 kg (2.2 lbs) and was nicknamed the "brick phone".
© Reddit
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A cat-shaped ceramic vessel (200-700 CE), likely depicting a jaguar, puma, or pampas cat, attributed to the Recuay or Paracas culture from the northern highlands of Peru 🇵🇪
The vessel features an oversized, toothy grin and a bird figurine perched on its head.
MET Museum
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These are dates from Pompeii, Italy, the town that was buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Subjected to high temperatures, the dates were carbonised during the pyroclastic event and thus preserved.
📷© Amedeo Benestante
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This rag doll (350-360 AD) was discovered from a child’s grave at Hawara (Egypt). The doll is 16cm tall and made from woven wool and flax, an human hair is attached to a colorful array of strips of cloth which form the top of its head.
Ashmolean Museum
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1970s Office....
A flashback to the corporate world of the 1970s. This office scene captures the era's distinct aesthetic, characterized by heavy beige technology, wood paneling, and an abundance of earth tones.
© Reddit
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Last time Mount Vesuvius erupted was in 1944, during WWII. But it was very active in 19th Century, erupting no fewer than 8 times.
This image shows most famous 19th Century eruption (1872). It is one of first photographs ever taken that shows Vesuvius erupting.
📷© Giorgio Sommer
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On the subject of the bombing of Pompeii in 1943, during WWII...
Up to 170 bombs were dropped on the archaeological site in August and September by the British, Canadians, and US.
© Daily Mail
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"Be Cheerful, Live Your Life"
Skeleton Mosaic (Cheerful Skeleton Mosaic) a significant Roman-era artifact found in Antakya, Hatay, Türkiye 🇹🇷
Scientific studies have definitively dated it to late 3rd - early 4th Century AD (approximately 276-337 AD).
Hatay Archaeological Museum
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South Korean soldiers overlook frozen DMZ, a tense remnant of Korean War.
Though war ended in 1953 with an armistice, no peace treaty was ever signed. Technically, North and South Korea remain at war making this silent, snowy standoff one of history’s longest unresolved conflicts
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This map shows the Western Roman Empire in 395 AD, immediately following the death of Emperor Theodosius I and the final, permanent split of the Roman world into East and West.
© Exploring GB
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Face of the demon Humbaba (Huwawa), a monster featured and slaughtered in the Epic of Gilgamesh (Old Babylonian Period, 1800-1600 BC) from Sippar, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq 🇮🇶
British Museum
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For the Cheyenne and many other tribes inhabiting the plains, dogs were not merely pets but essential companions...
© Reddit
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This photograph, titled Two Girls from Bethlehem, was taken by French photographer Félix Bonfils around 1870s.
The photograph is an albumen print, considered an important historical documentation of life and culture in region during late 19th Century.
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Colourised photo from 1890's Constantinople (Istanbul) showing the remnants of the Column of Constantine with Nuruosmaniye Mosque in the background...
Also known as Burnt Stone, the monumental column was constructed on the orders of Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD.
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1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Coupe with custom coachwork by Jacques Saoutchik...
Only two were made with this specific fastback coupe body style. It was displayed at the 1948 Paris Salon.
© Automobile Historia
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A photo of an Egyptian tour guide on top of the great pyramid in Giza, Egypt 1986...
The photograph was taken by Christian Moser. It features an Egyptian man wearing traditional attire and Adidas sneakers atop the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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A well-preserved remains of a 46,000-year-old female horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) discovered in the frozen depths of Siberia.
The bird was found by local fossil ivory hunters and subsequently studied by scientists, including Professor Love Dalén from Stockholm, Sweden.
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Roman Slave (1894) by Oscar Pereira da Silva (Brazilian; 1867–1939)
Placard hung around neck reads "VIRGO XXI ANNUS NATA" ("21-year-old virgin")
(Oil on Canvas; 146.5 × 72.5 cm)
Pinacoteca de São Paulo
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This oak door belonging to Westminster Abbey, London; England. It is the oldest and only Anglo-Saxon door in Great Britain. The door has been standing for over 950 years, dating back to the reign of Edward the Confessor during the 1050s CE.
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On December 24, 1968, astronaut William Anders was photographing the surface of the moon from aboard the Apollo 8 lunar orbiter when he suddenly noticed something amazing. “Oh my God!” he exclaimed. “There’s the earth coming up! Wow, that’s pretty!”
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Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1995, during a photo shoot for British Vogue magazine.
The photo shoot took place at Kensington Palace. The dress was designed by Jacques Azagury, who created several daring looks for Diana in her later years.
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