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Atlalli Aztec Irrigation
Atlalli, ink on parchment, unknown artist, included in the Florentine Codex by Bernardino de Sahagún, Mexico, 1577. A...
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Huexotl Willow Tree
Huexotl, ink and paint on parchment, unknown artist, included in the Florentine Codex by Bernardino de Sahagún, Book 11, folio...
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Curse Tablet from Pella, Ancient Kingdom of Macedonia
Pella curse tablet, lead scroll, first half of the 4th century BCE. Writing and dedicating a curse...
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Pompeii: Graffiti, Signs & Electoral Notices
The Roman town of Pompeii was preserved in metres of volcanic material following the cataclysmic eruption...
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Turonensis 980, the Deluxe Manuscripts of the Excerpta
This is the first folio of the manuscripts of the Excerpta de Virtutibus et Vitiis, stored in...
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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? - Frederick Douglass' Challenge to America
"What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?" is Frederick Douglass' masterwork...
