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The maquey agave plant was used across ancient Mesoamerica to make pulque beer and fibres for weaving.

The Achaean League was a Hellenistic period confederation of Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese between 280 BCE and 146 BCE.

The Achaean League was a Hellenistic period confederation of Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese between 280 BCE and 146 BCE.

A scene from the Hall of Osiris at Abydos which shows the raising of djed pillars, symbols of stability.

Relief showing an ankh (symbol of life), djed (symbol of stability), and was (symbol of power) from the tomb of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir al-Bahri, Egypt.

A map illustrating the members of the Delian League, led by Athens c. 431 BCE.

A marble bust of Athenian statesman and general Themistocles (c. 524 - c. 460 BCE), the victorious commander at the crucial battle of Salamis against Persia. (Museo Ostiense, Ostia)

Group of polished stone tools from the Jomon Period.

Earthenware cup decorated with cord-markings from the Late Jomon Period.

Deep pot (32 cm high) with impressed decoration from the Middle Jomon Period.