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Gold Stater of the Aetolian League
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Gold Stater of the Aetolian League

Aetolian gold stater depicting a female personification of Aitolia seated on a pile of weapons. She clutches a spear in her right hand while having a little figure of Artemis at her feet. 239-229 BCE. Münzkabinett...
The Battle of Cynossema
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The Battle of Cynossema

The battle of Cynossema, in 411 BCE, was an Athenian victory during the final years of the Peloponnesian War. It marked the resilience of the renowned Athenian democratic system after their major defeats in Sicily and also...
Paris Peace Conference
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Paris Peace Conference - How WWI's Victors Reshaped the World

The Paris Peace Conference, held from January 1919 to January 1920 and attended by the victorious Allied powers, debated and agreed the terms of the peace settlement that formally ended the...
Peace of Callias
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Peace of Callias

The Peace of Callias (aka Kallias) refers to a possible peace treaty made in the mid-5th century BCE between Athens and Persia following the Persian Wars. The existence of such a treaty is not agreed upon by all historians, and...
How the United Nations was Born from WWII
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How the United Nations was Born from WWII

The Allies met in several conferences from 1941 to 1945 to discuss how to guarantee a more peaceful and cooperative world once the Second World War (1939-45) was concluded. To foster global cooperation, facilitate...
The Myth of Etana
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The Myth of Etana - Faith and Kingship in Ancient Mesopotamia

The Myth of Etana is the story of the Sumerian antediluvian King of Kish who ascends to heaven on an eagle to request the Plant of Birth from the gods so that he might have a son. Etana is named...
Pericles & the Restoration of the Athenian Agora
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Pericles & the Restoration of the Athenian Agora

The agora of Athens developed from the 6th century BCE until it was destroyed in the Persian invasion of 480 BCE. Afterwards, the statesman Pericles (l. 495-429 BCE) used funds from the Delian League...
Silla Gold Earrings, National Treasure 52
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Silla Gold Earrings, National Treasure 52

5-6th century CE gold earrings from the Silla Kingdom (57 BCE - 668 CE) of south-eastern Korea. From a tomb in the Gyeongju area. National Treasure No. 52. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)
Silla Gold Earrings, National Treasure 90
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Silla Gold Earrings, National Treasure 90

Silla gold earrings from the Couple's Tomb at Bomun-dong, 6th century CE. Height 8.7 cm. National Treasure No. 90. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)
Baroque, Age of Contrasts, Swiss National Museum
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Baroque, Age of Contrasts, Swiss National Museum

A photograph showing part of the exhibition space of the 2022-23 exhibition Baroque, Age of Contrasts in the Swiss National Museum, Zürich. ©Swiss National Museum (used with permission)
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