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Galileo's Map of the Moon
A map of the Moon's surface by Galileo (1564-1642), drawn using a telescope the astronomer had built himself. The uneven...
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Linear B Clay Tablet
Example of a Linear B clay tablet found at Knossos. It records quantities of oil apparently offered to various deities.
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Philo of Byzantium's On the Seven Wonders
Philo of Byzantium's On the Seven Wonders (225 BCE) is the first known list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient...
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Theophrastus and Pliny the Elder on Silphium
The silphium plant of Cyrene, valued as a seasoning, aromatic, and for its medicinal properties, is referenced...
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Foundation Decree of Cyrene
The Foundation Decree of Cyrene (c. 322 BCE) is a covenant between the citizens of Cyrene in North Africa in the 4th...
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Title Page of Beethoven's Third Symphony
The original title page of the Third Symphony 'Eroica' by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827...
