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![Thoth's Pill - an Animated History of Writing](/uploads/kraked/6/6-1302_ci_preview.jpg)
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Thoth's Pill - an Animated History of Writing
My animation takes you through the birth and evolution of writing. Watch the story of the world's scripts unfold, from the early cave days to modern writing systems. But only if you choose to take Thoth's Pill... This animated documentary...
![War and the Moche - Behind the scenes at the Horniman Museum](/uploads/kraked/6/6-528_ci_preview.jpg)
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War and the Moche - Behind the scenes at the Horniman Museum
Like the proverbial iceberg, there is much more to a museum and its collection than you can see at any one time. Keeper of Anthropology, Wayne Modest, takes us behind the scenes to show us some of his favourite pieces. This collection...
![King Tutankhamun and the Discovery of His Tomb](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2876_ci_preview.jpg)
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King Tutankhamun and the Discovery of His Tomb
King Tutankhamun (or King Tut as he is known) spent the early years of his life with the name Tutankhaten and was born in the eleventh year of the reign of his father Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, who is better known as Akhenaten. While he was a...
![Paul the Apostle](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2190.jpg?v=1713840182)
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Paul the Apostle
Russian Orthodox icon of the Apostle Paul, 18th century CE. Kizhi Monastery, Karelia, Russia.
![The Lady of Elche](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7520.jpg?v=1618561816)
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The Lady of Elche
The "Lady of Elche" or "Lady of Elx" is a masterpiece of ancient Iberian culture. Carved in the round, the sculpture represents a woman with an idealized face, richly garbed and bejeweled. Made of limestone in the late 5th-early 4th century...
![The Sutton Hoo Helmet](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4841.jpg?v=1600572603)
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The Sutton Hoo Helmet
This is one of just 4 complete helmets to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. It has been painstakingly reconstructed from the shattered condition in which it was found. The Sutton Hoo Helmet's exceptional survival and haunting appearance have...
![Theodora & Michael III](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7628.jpg?v=1714697583)
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Theodora & Michael III
Byzantine regent Theodora and her young son, the emperor Michael III (r. 842-867 CE). The icon, known as "The Triumph of Orthodoxy", dates to the early 15th century CE but is itself a copy of an older one which commemorates the restoration...
![The Alaverdi Gospels](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7768.jpg?v=1601199021)
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The Alaverdi Gospels
One of the most magnificent gospels in the Georgian language is undoubtedly the Alaverdi Gospels, which was completed in 1054 CE. It is the only Georgian manuscript to contain a mandylion, an impression of the face of the Savior on a shroud...
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Gideon
The prophet Gideon with the roll of fleece in his hands as depicted on a Greek Catholic icon in the 18th century.
Greek Catholic Cathedral of Hajdúdorog, Hungary.
![Nabataean Eagle](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8507.jpg?v=1599508620)
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Nabataean Eagle
The eagle is a popular icon in many cultures. In Jordan, eagles are associated with the Nabataean god Dushara, but were also meaningful to the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, who lived, travelled and lived here. Circa 100 CE. From modern-day...