![](/site/assets/files/1914/thumbnail_publiek.jpg) Children watching St Nicholas
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![](/site/assets/files/13554/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_esfahan2.jpg) De Bruijn, a lady from Isfahan (note the elegant shoes)
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![](/site/assets/files/6501/thumbnail_climate_art.gif) Sahara: climate and art styles
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![](/site/assets/files/1908/thumbnail_gevelsteen_sinterklaas.jpg) St Nicholas. Dam Square, Amsterdam.
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![](/site/assets/files/1883/thumbnail_nicholas_mus_bodrum.jpg) Bodrum, Representation of Saint Nicholas
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![](/site/assets/files/13549/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_book2.jpg) De Bruijn's account of the Achaemenid kings
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![](/site/assets/files/21620/thumbnail_road_to_nemrud03.jpg) Along the road to Nemrud Daği
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![](/site/assets/files/1881/thumbnail_soumela_nicaea_nicholas.jpg) Soumela, Wall paintings: St Nicholas striking his opponent
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![](/site/assets/files/13588/thumbnail_oostindisch_huis.jpg) Amsterdam, East India House
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![](/site/assets/files/18391/thumbnail_stamp_cyrus.jpg) Poststamp Cyrus Cylinder
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![](/site/assets/files/1910/thumbnail_nick.jpg) Santa Claus, by F.O.C. Darley (1862)
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![](/site/assets/files/19321/thumbnail_bacone1.jpg) Gheriat esh-Shergia, Fort Bacone
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![](/site/assets/files/63614/thumbnail_yerevan_matenadaran_refutation_chalcedon_2.jpg) Armenian manuscript with Coptic Refutations of the Decisions of the Council of Chalcedon
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![](/site/assets/files/13559/thumbnail_johan_de_witt.jpg) Execution of the De Witt brethern
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![](/site/assets/files/5775/thumbnail_saint_augustine.jpg) Coat of arms of Saint-Augustine (Florida)
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![](/site/assets/files/13586/thumbnail_hartenstraat.jpg) The Hartenstraat in Amsterdam. De Bruijn's house cannot be identified.
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![](/site/assets/files/6455/thumbnail_bees.jpg) Wadi Awis, Bees' nest
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![](/site/assets/files/18344/thumbnail_tepe_sialkh_1000-800_art.jpg) Tepe Sialk, Modern art near the entrance of the excavation
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![](/site/assets/files/13547/thumbnail_william_iii.jpg) William III (by Peter Lely)
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![](/site/assets/files/9541/thumbnail_philaeni.jpg) The Fascist statues of the two brothers
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![](/site/assets/files/15895/thumbnail_dromedaries.jpg) A dromedary and its child, two hours old.
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![](/site/assets/files/1912/thumbnail_sinterklaas4.jpg) Sinterklaas arrives in Amsterdam; note that there is no Christian cross on his mitre, but the arms of Amsterdam
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![](/site/assets/files/13553/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_dusky_pademelon1.jpg) De Bruijn, Dusky Pademelon
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![](/site/assets/files/10276/thumbnail_mommsen.jpg) Theodor Mommsen
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![](/site/assets/files/2652/thumbnail_bavay_brunehilde2.jpg) A modern monument indicating the eight roads beginning in Bavay. The statue represents Brunhilda.
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![](/site/assets/files/36428/thumbnail_berytus_nutrix_legum.jpg) Berytus nutrix legum
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![](/site/assets/files/2378/thumbnail_qasr_bshir_gate_beduin_signs.jpg) Qasr Bshir, Beduin signs
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![](/site/assets/files/5145/thumbnail_anacyclosis.gif) Polybius' theory of anacyclosis
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![](/site/assets/files/16026/thumbnail_hermannsdenkmal.jpg) The Hermannsdenkmal, a nineteenth-century German monument to commemorate the victory in the Teutoburg Forest
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![](/site/assets/files/66947/thumbnail_mellet_1.jpg) Mellet, Aux trois arbres
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![](/site/assets/files/14229/thumbnail_densimeter.gif) A densimeter
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![](/site/assets/files/13583/thumbnail_joan_van_hoorn.jpg) Copy of De Bruijn's portrait of Joan van Hoorn
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![](/site/assets/files/19322/thumbnail_bacone2.jpg) Gheriat esh-Shergia, Fort Bacone, Gate
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![](/site/assets/files/33786/thumbnail_sodoma.jpg) Sodoma's Wedding of Alexander
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![](/site/assets/files/13585/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_ormus.jpg) Hormuz
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![](/site/assets/files/19342/thumbnail_shergia_5.jpg) Gheriat esh-Shergia, Italian additions
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![](/site/assets/files/8307/thumbnail_apollonia_sunset.jpg) Sunset in Apollonia
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![](/site/assets/files/7652/thumbnail_rila_councils_1_nicaea_i.jpg) The First Council of Nicaea (325)
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![](/site/assets/files/21444/thumbnail_harran_houses_2_kees.jpg) A modern house in Harran
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![](/site/assets/files/13571/thumbnail_nicolaes_witsen-1.jpg) Nicolaes Witsen
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![](/site/assets/files/2505/thumbnail_erasmus_den_haag_1.jpg) Erasmus (Royal Library, The Hague, Netherlands)
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![](/site/assets/files/13558/thumbnail_debruijn_first_trip.gif) De Bruijn's first trip
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![](/site/assets/files/51015/thumbnail_ras_al-qalah_incense_burner_bahrein_nm.jpg) Ras al-Qalah, Incense Burner
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![](/site/assets/files/64464/thumbnail_manuscript_euclid_transl_svii_copy_sxii_matenadaran.jpg) Twelfth-century manuscript of a seventh-century Armenian translation of Euclid's Elements
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![](/site/assets/files/18984/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_22_liberation_2000_2.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription commemorating the end of the Israeli Occupation
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![](/site/assets/files/4852/thumbnail_sari_aryan_sport_gvr.jpg) Sari, Arian sport school
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![](/site/assets/files/13568/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_smyrna.jpg) De Bruijn, Smyrna
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![](/site/assets/files/13584/thumbnail_dusky_pademelon.jpg) Dusky Pademelon
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![](/site/assets/files/21619/thumbnail_road_to_nemrud02.jpg) Along the road to Nemrud Daği
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![](/site/assets/files/6306/thumbnail_reuvens.jpg) Casper Reuvens in Voorburg
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![](/site/assets/files/18972/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_09_capture_damascus.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription commemorating the capture of Damascus
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![](/site/assets/files/18969/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_05_napoleon_iii.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription commemorating Napoleon III
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![](/site/assets/files/4663/thumbnail_tatars_blaeu_1617.jpg) Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap
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![](/site/assets/files/6312/thumbnail_voorburg_statue_corbulo2.jpg) Modern statue of Corbulo in Voorburg
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![](/site/assets/files/18226/thumbnail_susa_castle.jpg) Susa, Archaeologists' castle
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![](/site/assets/files/1913/thumbnail_piet3.jpg) Zwarte Piet / Black Pete
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![](/site/assets/files/18929/thumbnail_faqra_rocks_2.jpg) Faqra, Rocks
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![](/site/assets/files/13557/thumbnail_debruijn_holland_map.gif) The Dutch Republic in 1672
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![](/site/assets/files/13570/thumbnail_gisbert_cuper.jpg) Gisbert Cuper
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![](/site/assets/files/1867/thumbnail_h_demetrios_h_nikolaos.jpg) St Nicholas on an icon in the church of St Demetrius, Thessaloniki
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![](/site/assets/files/6020/thumbnail_nigeria_nok_svibce_willemstad.jpg) Sculpture of Nigeria's Nok culture, sixth century BCE
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![](/site/assets/files/13550/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_book3.jpg) De Bruijn's summary of the Shahname
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![](/site/assets/files/13551/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_constantinople.jpg) De Bruijn, Constantinople
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![](/site/assets/files/4801/thumbnail_taq-e_bostan_large_cave_qajar.jpg) Taq-e Bostan, Large cave: relief added by Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
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![](/site/assets/files/8154/thumbnail_peutinger_antioch.jpg) Antioch on the Peutinger Map
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![](/site/assets/files/7657/thumbnail_rila_councils_6_constantinople_iii_1_ab.jpg) The Third Council of Constantinople (680)
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![](/site/assets/files/64465/thumbnail_manuscript_moses_chorene_matenadaran.jpg) Manuscript of the "History of the Armenians" by Moses of Chorene
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![](/site/assets/files/18983/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_21_liberation_1946.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription commemoration the end of World War II
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![](/site/assets/files/9117/thumbnail_tobruk_commonwealth_cemetery.jpg) Simonides' epitaph has inspired many later tombstones. This one, from Tobruk, says that the Czechoslovakian soldiers fought and died according to the laws of their fatherland.
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![](/site/assets/files/2625/thumbnail_tibet_air_buriall2.jpg) Tibetan Air Burial
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![](/site/assets/files/7655/thumbnail_rila_councils_4_chalcedon.jpg) The Council of Chalcedon (451)
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![](/site/assets/files/13582/thumbnail_galle_fort.jpg) Galle, Fort
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![](/site/assets/files/5626/thumbnail_choara2.jpg) Ahuan, Karwansaray
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![](/site/assets/files/1439/thumbnail_yasuj_ariobarzan_square_2.jpg) Yasuj, Statue of Ariobarzanes
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![](/site/assets/files/1915/thumbnail_coloring_plate.gif) Coloring picture with Sinterklaas
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![](/site/assets/files/21618/thumbnail_road_to_nemrud01.jpg) Along the road to Nemrud Daği
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![](/site/assets/files/10664/thumbnail_cyrus_carpet.jpg) A modern Persian carpet showing Cyrus the Great, seen in Tehran.
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![](/site/assets/files/5391/thumbnail_temple1.jpg) Multan's former Hindu temple (right)
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![](/site/assets/files/13587/thumbnail_de_bruijn_prinsengracht.jpg) The Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. De Bruijn lived in the second, third or fourth house from the left.
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![](/site/assets/files/7656/thumbnail_rila_councils_5_constantinople_ii.jpg) The Second Council of Constantinople (553)
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![](/site/assets/files/18967/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_03_french_army_1.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, Monument for the French army
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![](/site/assets/files/30800/thumbnail_periochae.gif) Number of lines of the Periochae
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![](/site/assets/files/16518/thumbnail_heron.jpg) Purple heron
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![](/site/assets/files/7653/thumbnail_rila_councils_2_constantinople_i_1_ab.jpg) The First Council of Constantinople (381)
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![](/site/assets/files/15911/thumbnail_camel_bactria_600_ny.jpg) Central-Asian statuette of a camel
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![](/site/assets/files/13556/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_portrait.jpg) Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller
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![](/site/assets/files/21748/thumbnail_troy_kegeltje.jpg) Troy, One of Schliemann's pinnacles
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![](/site/assets/files/1879/thumbnail_soumela_nicaea-1.jpg) Soumela, Wall paintings: the Council of Nicaea
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![](/site/assets/files/9888/thumbnail_hecatompylos_serail.jpg) Hecatompylos, Serail
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![](/site/assets/files/13569/thumbnail_peterverona.jpg) Copy of Titian's Death of Peter of Verona, from the studio of Loth
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![](/site/assets/files/7654/thumbnail_rila_councils_3_ephesus.jpg) The Council of Ephesus (431)
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![](/site/assets/files/17943/thumbnail_isfahan_chehel_sotun_colonaded_terrace_09_maria.jpg) Isfahan, Chehel Sotun Palace, Colonnaded Terrace
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![](/site/assets/files/16855/thumbnail_konrad_peutinger.jpg) Konrad Peutinger
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![](/site/assets/files/13544/thumbnail_clement_x_bernini.jpg) Bernini's statue of Clement X
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![](/site/assets/files/4718/thumbnail_tarsus_paul_well.jpg) Tarsus, the "well of Saint Paul"
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![](/site/assets/files/65634/thumbnail_constantine_pont_de_sidi_m_cid_1.jpg) Constantine, Pont de Sidi M'Cid
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![](/site/assets/files/9798/thumbnail_koeln_alteburg_streetsign.jpg) Köln-Alteburg, Roadsign
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![](/site/assets/files/18973/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_10_occupation_beirut.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription commemorating the occupation of Beirut
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![](/site/assets/files/4641/thumbnail_tepe_hesar_skull.jpg) Finding a human skull
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![](/site/assets/files/18982/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_19_capture_damascus.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription commemorating the liberation of Damascus
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![](/site/assets/files/7658/thumbnail_rila_councils_7_nicaea_ii_1_ab.jpg) The Second Council of Nicaea (787)
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![](/site/assets/files/18976/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_12a_pedestal_dog.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, 12a Pedestal of a statue (of a dog?)
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![](/site/assets/files/7504/thumbnail_zarathustra.jpg) Modern portrait of Zarathustra, inspired by Ahuramazda's dress on a relief of Taq-e Bostan.
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![](/site/assets/files/13548/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_book1.jpg) Frontispiece of "Reizen over Moskovië" (second edition)
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![](/site/assets/files/16077/thumbnail_bull.jpg) Seventeenth-century engraving, showing the story of the Bull of Zaandam
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![](/site/assets/files/3352/thumbnail_herderen_romeinseweg1.jpg) Roadsign "Roman Road" (Herderen)
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![](/site/assets/files/13546/thumbnail_zijdebalen.jpg) Etching of "Zijdebalen" by Daniël Stoopendaal (1719)
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![](/site/assets/files/5369/thumbnail_awjila.jpg) Awjila today
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![](/site/assets/files/18968/thumbnail_nahr_al-kalb_04_gouraud.jpg) Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription commemorating the victory at Maysalum
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![](/site/assets/files/13574/thumbnail_cornelis_de_bruijn_samojede.jpg) A Samoyed
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![](/site/assets/files/4323/thumbnail_firdausi.jpg) Tus, Statue of Firdausi
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![](/site/assets/files/16027/thumbnail_beatus_rhenanus.jpg) Beatus Rhenanus
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![](/site/assets/files/5223/thumbnail_tongeren_ambiorix.jpg) Tongeren, Modern statue of Ambiorix
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![](/site/assets/files/5368/thumbnail_awjila_dates.jpg) Dates
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![](/site/assets/files/18790/thumbnail_baalbek_t_bacchus_inscr1.jpg) Baalbek, Temple of Bacchus, Inscription of sultan and emperor
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![](/site/assets/files/13572/thumbnail_peter.jpg) Peter the Great (Painting by Louis Karavack, Hermitage)
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![](/site/assets/files/15608/thumbnail_buzra.gif) Map of Wadi Buzra
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![](/site/assets/files/21725/thumbnail_sophia_schliemann.jpg) Sophia Schliemann with Trojan jewelry
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![](/site/assets/files/2501/thumbnail_stemma.jpg) Stemma of the main manuscripts of Herodotus' Histories
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![](/site/assets/files/2626/thumbnail_tibet_air_buriall1.jpg) Tibetan Air Burial
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![](/site/assets/files/19340/thumbnail_shergia_3_ab.jpg) Gheriat esh-Shergia, Our hosts
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