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This is what Alexander the Great might have looked like, based on his busts and ancient accounts of him.

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The dog tags of 58,307 US soldiers killed during the Vietnam War at the Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago.

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An interesting painting named ‘Grief’ by Oskar Zwintscher, 1898. (Location: New Masters Gallery, Dresden).

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A carpet created from 500,000 dahlia and begonia flowers at Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium. 100 volunteers created this astonishing Floral Carpet that stretches out 19,000 sq. ft. Every two years it's a different cultural theme. This one honors Mexico & Aztec Culture.

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Suitcases of people sent to concentration camps. Poland, Gdańsk, World War II Museum. Each suitcase is a family, a life.

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An ancient wine jug depicting a customer and a prostitute (a money pouch is hanging on the wall) dated between 480 and 470 BC. Greece.

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This is how Ancient Greece really looked like. Here's a reconstruction of Curetes Street in ancient Ephesus

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800 years ago at All Saints Church in Hereford, England, a skillful carpenter carved this gentleman high up in the dark roof where nobody could see him. Five years ago they built an extra floor with bright lights for a restaurant.

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When you accidentally find your doppelganger on a painting is over 100 years old.

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The door dining area of the Alcobaca monastery in Portugal,was made narrow so that monks who got too fat were forced to go into fasting.

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The true power of education

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