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Early-18th Century Flintlock Pistol
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Early-18th Century Flintlock Pistol

A flintlock pistol, c. 1700-1730. English lock and stock. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Egypt in the Early Hyksos Period
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Egypt in the Early Hyksos Period

Egypt and its political situation during the Second Intermediate Period (c. 1782 - c.1570 BCE), in which the Hyksos held power in the North and the Nubians held power to the South.
Virtual autopsy: exploring a natural mummy from early Egypt
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Virtual autopsy: exploring a natural mummy from early Egypt

The life and death of Gebelein Man Found in around 1896, the mummy known as Gebelein man was buried in about 3500 BC at the site of Gebelein in Upper Egypt. He has been in the British Museum collection for over 100 years, but it was not...
Early Elamite Clay Tablet with Numerical Signs from Southern Iran
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Early Elamite Clay Tablet with Numerical Signs from Southern Iran

Early Elamite clay tablet with numerical signs found in Tappeh Yahya, Kerman, dating to c. 3100 to 2900 BCE (Yahya Period IVc). National Museum of Iran, Tehran, inv. no. 4065. Photo by Nima Fakoorzadeh (Baloot Noghrei) Tappeh Yahya in...
Map of Early Human Migrations
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Map of Early Human Migrations

This map illustrates the early global migrations of Homo sapiens—our species’ remarkable journey from Africa to every inhabitable continent. Tracing movements that began over hundreds of thoussands of years ago, it highlights how small bands...
Early Cartouche of the God Aten
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Early Cartouche of the God Aten

Early cartouche of the god Aten, calcite alabaster. New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1351-1334 BCE. At the upper part of this votive plaque of the God Aten, there are two "early" cartouches of Aten. On the right, it reads "The living...
Early Writing Tablet
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Early Writing Tablet

This table is made of clay and was found in Southern Iraq (3100-3000 BCE). Early writing was used as a way to keep track of the administration and it was only in later years its uses evolved. Early writing in Mesopotamia was made by pressing...
An Illustrated Map of Medieval and Early Modern Europe (From the Novel
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An Illustrated Map of Medieval and Early Modern Europe (From the Novel "The Jericho River")

An illustrated map of medieval and early modern Europe. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.
Early-modern Bookwheel
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Early-modern Bookwheel

An early-modern bookwheel, used to display several open books at once. (Jagiellonian University Museum Krakow, Poland)
Homo Heidelbergensis & Early Neanderthal Fossil Sites
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Homo Heidelbergensis & Early Neanderthal Fossil Sites

Map showing fossil sites of Homo heidelbergensis and early Neanderthals.
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