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  • The Creation of heaven and earth, from an illustrated bible, 1763, in the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The engravings are after drawings by Raphael and other masters, with words by Claude Hernissant and printed by Guillaume Deprez. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A computer manipulated image of solar eclipse, how earth, moon and sun come into straight line. (Picture by Avantis/Manuel Cohen)
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  • The ozone layer that shields the Earth from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays is showing signs of thickening, after years of getting thinner. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The ozone layer that shields the Earth from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays is showing signs of thickening, after years of getting thinner. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of earth ridges in the basin which is an extension of the kitchen garden, Parc Zoologique de Paris, or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris, also known as Vincennes Zoo), 1934, by Charles Letrosne, 12th arrondissement, Paris, France, pictured on April 11, 2011 in the morning. In November 2008 the 15 hectare Zoo, part of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History) closed its doors to the public and renovation works will start in September 2011. The Zoo is scheduled to re-open in April 2014. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Domed ceiling, 1427, in the Salon de Embajadores, or Hall of Ambassadors, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Hall of Ambassadors was the throne room of King Don Pedro I, 1334-1369. The square shape of the room represents the earth and the circular dome, the universe, covered in carved wooden star patterns. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ceres, patron goddess of Rome and of agriculture, reclining on the earth and balancing a vase of flowers on her head, with a sculptural group of mermaids and children at her back, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ceres, patron goddess of Rome and of agriculture, reclining on the earth and balancing a vase of flowers on her head, with a sculptural group of mermaids and children at her back, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Creation of Adam, Romanesque capital, 13th century, in the west gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Adam is depicted with his lower legs still encased in the earth from which God made him. <br />
Their faces are almost identical, as Adam was made in God's image. 2 large birds fame the scene. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First cup pours on to the earth, spilling the wrath of God, with angels and St John, detail of the fifth piece depicting the 7 Cups, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mask representing Earth, on the facade of Hotel Grou, a neoclassical mansion built 1747-52 for Guillaume Grou, a shipowner and slave trader, on the corner of Rue Kervegan and the Place de la Petite-Hollande, on the Ile Feydeau, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The building was extended in the 19th century, and is listed as a historic monument. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting greatly from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. The Ile Feydeau area, a former island in the Loire, was developed from the 1720s with large mansions built by wealthy shipowners and slave traders. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ceres, patron goddess of Rome and of agriculture, reclining on the earth and balancing a vase of flowers on her head, with a sculptural group of mermaids and children at her back, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ceres, patron goddess of Rome and of agriculture, reclining on the earth and balancing a vase of flowers on her head, with a sculptural group of mermaids and children at her back, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ceres, patron goddess of Rome and of agriculture, reclining on the earth and balancing a vase of flowers on her head, with a sculptural group of mermaids and children at her back, in the Garden of Bomarzo, also known as the Sacro Bosco or Sacred Grove, or the Parco dei Mostri or Park of the Monsters, a monumental Mannerist park complex, c. 1550, made by Pier Francesco Orsini, or Vicino, 1523–1585, Duke of Orsini, designed by Pirro Ligorio, 1512-83, with sculptures by Simone Moschino, 1533-1610, in Bomarzo, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The gardens are in a wood at the bottom of a valley beneath the Castle of Orsini, with many large sculptures, small buildings and inscribed poems. The layout of the garden is chaotic, in contrast with formal Renaissance gardens, and it has a surrealistic air. The garden was restored in the 1970s and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a man climbing out of the earth to be judged by the Archangel Michael weighing souls on Judgement Day, from the open panels of the polyptych altarpiece, 1446-52, by Rogier van der Weyden, 1399-1464, commissioned by Nicolas Rolin in 1443, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was originally in the Chapel, but is now in the museum. The panels were only opened to patients during holy days. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grave of Pommrich, with sculpture of Mother Earth by Albert Moritz Wolff, German sculptor, in the Franzosischer Friedhof or French Cemetery, opened 1780 for the descendants of Huguenots and Protestants living in Berlin, Oranienburg, Berlin, Germany. Many of the tombs are neoclassical in style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First cup pours on to the earth, spilling the wrath of God, with angels and St John, detail of the fifth piece depicting the 7 Cups, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Rudolf Guillaume, gardener, tipping earth from a wheelbarrow into a plantbed around the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. General view of gardeners with wheelbarrows bring more earth for the plantbeds around the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Rudolf Guillaume, gardener, raking the earth amongst the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Desert and Arid Lands Glasshouse, 1930s, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the transport by electric conveyor belts of loam mixed with sand to fill the troughs in which the cactuses will be planted. The gardeners are moving the earth at the start of the conveyor belt.
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: A view from above of Neolithic spring and winter pools on August 2, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England.  The winter pool containing with a stone lined bath is in the foreground. The Spring pool is in the background. Excavated by archaeologist Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: A general view of Neolithic mirror pool lined with white quartz on August 2, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Excavated by archaeologist Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of eggs in Pit 9 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Pit 9 was lined with a feathered swan pelt, with two magpies lying side by side on top of 55 eggs, including 7containing fully formed chicks. Excavated by Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from above of Pit 9 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Pit 9 was lined with a feathered swan pelt, with two magpies lying side by side on top of 55 eggs, including 7containing fully formed chicks. Excavated by Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A general view of Mesolithic clay platform with votive pits cut into it on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The excavations here are led by archaeologist Jacqui Wood. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of egg membranes showing fully formed chicks inside on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. They were found in Pit 9 which holds magpies, a swan pelt and 55 eggs (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the side of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A close up of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from above of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A close up of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the side of archaeologists and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. Led by Jacqui Wood they are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the side of archaeologists and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. Led by Jacqui Wood they are excavating a Mesolithic platform.(Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the side of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: Archaeologist Jacqui Wood pointing to the jaw bone of a pig in Pit 35 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. This pit was lined with fur,skin side out, and the bottom jaw of a baked pig without teeth was carefully placed between a dog's legs. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: Archaeologist Jacqui Wood pointing to the rib cage of a dog in Pit 35 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. This pit was lined with fur, skin side out, and the bottom jaw of a baked pig without teeth was carefully placed between the dog's legs. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of Cat Pit 36 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. This pit was lined with black fur, skin side out. Archaeologist Jacqui Wood Jacqui is pointing to a piece of quartz laid on top of the fur. Above are 22 eggs containing baby chicks about to hatch. Numerous cat claws, teeth and whiskers were found in the surrounding soil. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of Cat Pit 36 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. This pit was lined with black fur, skin side out. Archaeologist Jacqui Wood Jacqui is pointing to a piece of quartz laid on top of the fur. Above are 22 eggs containing baby chicks about to hatch. Numerous cat claws, teeth and whiskers were found in the surrounding soil. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A general view of the ruins of an extensive prehistoric building on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Excavations here are led by archaeologist Jacqui Wood. Her team has not yet excavated this building. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A general view of Neolithic mirror pool lined with white quartz on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Excavated by archaeologist Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A general view of Neolithic spring and winter pools on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Excavated by archaeologist Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: A general view of Neolithic spring and winter pools on August 2, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Excavated by archaeologist Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: A close up of Neolithic winter pool on August 2, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. A stone lined bath is inserted into the pool. Excavated by archaeologist Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A close up of egg membranes and the remains of a Magpie on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. They were found in Pit 9 by archaeologist Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: A detail of votive pits cut into Mesolithic clay platform on August 2, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The excavations here are led by archaeologist Jacqui Wood. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A general view of votive pits and Field School in background on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The excavations here are led by archaeologist Jacqui Wood. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of egg membranes showing fully formed chicks inside on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. They were found in Pit 9 which holds magpies, a swan pelt and 55 eggs (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A close up of stone tools in finds tray, August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Archaeologist Jacqui Wood is leading the excavation here. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the front of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the side of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the front of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform.(Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from above of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the side of archaeologist Jacqui Wood, her team and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. They are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A view from the side of archaeologists and students on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall. Led by Jacqui Wood they are excavating a Mesolithic platform. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: View from above of dog skeleton in Pit 35 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. This pit was lined with fur,skin side out, and the bottom jaw of a baked pig without teeth was carefully placed between a dog's legs. Archaeologist Jacqui Wood is to the right of the pit. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: Archaeologist Jacqui Wood pointing to the rib cage of a dog in Pit 35 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. This pit was lined with fur, skin side out, and the bottom jaw of a baked pig without teeth was carefully placed between the dog's legs. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of Pit 9 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Close up of egg membranes and the remains of one of the Magpies found here. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A general view of Pit 11 on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Archaeologist Jacqui Wood is pointing to pit 11 which contains swan and signet feathers. Behind is pit 9 which holds magpies, a swan pelt and 55 eggs.Pit 10, in the background, was lined with swan pelt and had a large cow bone in it. The items in the pits are well preserved by spring water. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: General view of Mesolithic platform with votive pits cut into it on August 2, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The site, with Saveock Water Field School in the background, is being excavated by Archaeologist Jacqui Wood and her team. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: Overview of main site on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England, featuring periods from a Mesolithic Camp to Neolithic Votive site and Copper Age metal smelting. Archaeologist Jacqui Wood is leading the excavation here. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • First printed map of the globe, 1507, by Martin Waldseemuller, 1470-1520, in the museum, or Museo de la Isabela, in the Parque Nacional Historico y Arqueologico de La Isabela, or Historical National Park of La Isabela, one of the oldest European settlements in the New World, in Luperon province, on the North coast of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The town of La Isabela was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and a fort, houses, church, warehouses, and an arsenal were built, but the settlement was abandoned in 1496 due to hurricane damage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • One of the damned trying to escape from hell, from the open panels of the polyptych altarpiece, 1446-52, by Rogier van der Weyden, 1399-1464, commissioned by Nicolas Rolin in 1443, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was originally in the Chapel, but is now in the museum. The panels were only opened to patients during holy days. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castildetierra, a large rock pinnacle or cabezo, in the Bardenas Reales, a 42,000 hectare area of semi-desert and badlands, forming a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Bardenas Reales Nature Reserve, in Navarre, Spain. The desert area is in the Ebro valley at the foot of the Yugo mountains and the Zaragoza region of Cinco Villas. Clay, chalk and sandstone terrain has been eroded by water and wind creating canyons, plateaus, tabular structures and isolated hills, called cabezos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castildetierra, a large rock pinnacle or cabezo, in the Bardenas Reales, a 42,000 hectare area of semi-desert and badlands, forming a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Bardenas Reales Nature Reserve, in Navarre, Spain. The desert area is in the Ebro valley at the foot of the Yugo mountains and the Zaragoza region of Cinco Villas. Clay, chalk and sandstone terrain has been eroded by water and wind creating canyons, plateaus, tabular structures and isolated hills, called cabezos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castildetierra, a large rock pinnacle or cabezo, in the Bardenas Reales, a 42,000 hectare area of semi-desert and badlands, forming a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Bardenas Reales Nature Reserve, in Navarre, Spain. The desert area is in the Ebro valley at the foot of the Yugo mountains and the Zaragoza region of Cinco Villas. Clay, chalk and sandstone terrain has been eroded by water and wind creating canyons, plateaus, tabular structures and isolated hills, called cabezos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castildetierra, a large rock pinnacle or cabezo, in the Bardenas Reales, a 42,000 hectare area of semi-desert and badlands, forming a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Bardenas Reales Nature Reserve, in Navarre, Spain. The desert area is in the Ebro valley at the foot of the Yugo mountains and the Zaragoza region of Cinco Villas. Clay, chalk and sandstone terrain has been eroded by water and wind creating canyons, plateaus, tabular structures and isolated hills, called cabezos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castildetierra, a large rock pinnacle or cabezo, in the Bardenas Reales, a 42,000 hectare area of semi-desert and badlands, forming a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Bardenas Reales Nature Reserve, in Navarre, Spain. The desert area is in the Ebro valley at the foot of the Yugo mountains and the Zaragoza region of Cinco Villas. Clay, chalk and sandstone terrain has been eroded by water and wind creating canyons, plateaus, tabular structures and isolated hills, called cabezos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castildetierra, a large rock pinnacle or cabezo, in the Bardenas Reales, a 42,000 hectare area of semi-desert and badlands, forming a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Bardenas Reales Nature Reserve, in Navarre, Spain. The desert area is in the Ebro valley at the foot of the Yugo mountains and the Zaragoza region of Cinco Villas. Clay, chalk and sandstone terrain has been eroded by water and wind creating canyons, plateaus, tabular structures and isolated hills, called cabezos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castildetierra, a large rock pinnacle or cabezo, in the Bardenas Reales, a 42,000 hectare area of semi-desert and badlands, forming a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Bardenas Reales Nature Reserve, in Navarre, Spain. The desert area is in the Ebro valley at the foot of the Yugo mountains and the Zaragoza region of Cinco Villas. Clay, chalk and sandstone terrain has been eroded by water and wind creating canyons, plateaus, tabular structures and isolated hills, called cabezos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Creation, with God creating the globe with compasses, and the Creation of Man, with God creating Adam in Paradise, from the Retaule de l'Esperit Sant (Retablo del Espiritu Santo), or Altarpiece of the Holy Spirit, 1394, by Pere Serra, a Catalan artist, with 22 scenes and 36 figures of saints, in the Colegiata Basilica de Santa Maria, or Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria, also known as La Seu, built in Gothic style by Berenguer de Montagut, from 1328 until 1486, around an existing 11th century Romanesque church, Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. Saints are painted in Gothic niches around the panels. The altarpiece was commissioned by the Guild of Tanners and contains scenes of the Holy Spirit and Life of Christ, with a predella originally from a different altarpiece (dedicate to St Anthony and disappeared), with the Lamentation, 1410, by Lluis Borrassa. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • One of the damned trying to escape from hell, from the open panels of the polyptych altarpiece, 1446-52, by Rogier van der Weyden, 1399-1464, commissioned by Nicolas Rolin in 1443, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was originally in the Chapel, but is now in the museum. The panels were only opened to patients during holy days. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau de Puivert, a Cathar castle rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries in Puivert, Quercob, Aude, France. This was a military castle, built for lookout and defence, and has a square keep tower 35m high, and 5 remaining towers of the original 8. The castle is privately owned and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view from the ground of Equisetum plants with cyatheales leaves in the foreground
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  • Mosaic of a medallion with the head of Adam from the House of Farid el-Masri in the Museum of Madaba, Jordan. The museum was made up of several old houses which contained Byzantine mosaics dating from the 5th to 7th centuries. This head is in the centre of a larger floor mosaic depicting four trees laden with fruit and figures of rams, hares, birds and a lion facing a zebu. It may represent the Biblical paradise from the Book of Isaiah. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Beast from the earth makes fire fall from heaven to earth, with St John, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Beast from the earth makes fire fall from heaven to earth, with St John, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0398.jpg
  • Beast from the earth makes fire fall from heaven to earth, with St John, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0649.jpg
  • Beast from the earth makes fire fall from heaven to earth, with St John, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Beast from the earth makes fire fall from heaven to earth, with St John, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Beast from the earth makes fire fall from heaven to earth, with St John, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.  Low angle view of gardeners replanting the glasshouse. They have filled the new beds with earth and are now putting in the plants. Here gardeners manoeuvre a heavy plant from a wheelbarrow into the earth. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Cosmological mosaic, detail of Euphrates, a personification of the river and Tranquillitas, a personification of marine calm as a naked young woman, in a room off the atrium used for business, in Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The mosaic represents the myth of the origin of the Roman universe, depicting earth, heaven and sea and the forces which govern them. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cosmological mosaic, detail of Natura or Nature, wearing necklace and bracelets, with arm raised to clutch a mantle, in a room off the atrium used for business, in Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The mosaic represents the myth of the origin of the Roman universe, depicting earth, heaven and sea and the forces which govern them. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abadon, depicted as a winged crowned King Edward III of England, riding a human headed horse, from the Fifth Trumpet, the star falls to earth, releasing smoke from which come a plague of locusts emerging as crowned creatures, detail of the second piece depicting the Seven Trumpets, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angel emptying the censer on earth, causing fire thunder and an earthquake, with angel blowing trumpet, detail of the second piece depicting the Seven Trumpets, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0352.jpg
  • Rabbit leaving his burrow, from a band of earth beneath the scene of the Sleep of the Righteous, from the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0397.jpg
  • New Worship of the Beast, with worshippers kneeling before the beast from the earth, St John and God in heaven in a rainbow mandorla, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grapes growing on a trellis, from the Harvest of the Forsaken, with angel from the temple holding a sickle and the angel from the altar telling him to harvest the grapes of the earth, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0411.jpg
  • Harvest of the forsaken, with angel from the temple holding a sickle and the angel from the altar telling him to harvest the grapes of the earth, with St John, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fifth Trumpet, the star falls to earth, releasing smoke from which come a plague of locusts emerging as crowned creatures, with winged figure of Abadon depicted as King Edward III of England, riding a human headed horse, and 5th angel and St John, detail of the second piece depicting the Seven Trumpets, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0641.jpg
  • New Worship of the Beast, with worshippers kneeling before the beast from the earth, St John and God in heaven in a rainbow mandorla, detail of the fourth piece depicting the 3 Angels, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Menhir de Champ-Dolent, a 9.5m high upright man-made Neolithic standing stone, the largest in Brittany, near Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. Legend states that the stone fell from the sky to separate 2 feuding brothers, and that when it finally sinks into the earth, the world will end. The menhir is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Menhir de Champ-Dolent, a 9.5m high upright man-made Neolithic standing stone, the largest in Brittany, near Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. Legend states that the stone fell from the sky to separate 2 feuding brothers, and that when it finally sinks into the earth, the world will end. The menhir is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of the Menhir de Champ-Dolent, a 9.5m high upright man-made Neolithic standing stone, the largest in Brittany, near Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. Legend states that the stone fell from the sky to separate 2 feuding brothers, and that when it finally sinks into the earth, the world will end. The menhir is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Youth of Mozia, or Giovane di Mozia (detail), marble statue, 475-450 BC, height 194cm, excavated in Zone K, in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The statue has traces of polychrome paint and its feet and arms are missing. It was found on Mozia in October 1979 under a heap of earth and rubble, and was made by a Sicilian or Selinuntine workshop. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Taputapuatea, c. 1000 AD, a large religious and ceremonial temple site with a 60 x 45m stone courtyard and an ahu or altar made from 3m high standing stones cut from coral, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae marks the spot where Ta'aroa, creator and father of all Polynesian gods, first stepped on the earth. In the 17th century, it was rededicated to the god Oro, son of Ta'aroa and god of beauty, fertility and war. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. In the foreground is a stone tiki sculpture, representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man, a protective statue. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing stone or ofa 'i turui, representing the position of a god during ceremonies, by the ahu of Marae Taputapuatea, c. 1000 AD, a large religious and ceremonial temple site with a 60 x 45m stone courtyard and an ahu or altar made from 3m high standing stones cut from coral, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae marks the spot where Ta'aroa, creator and father of all Polynesian gods, first stepped on the earth. In the 17th century, it was rededicated to the god Oro, son of Ta'aroa and god of beauty, fertility and war. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. In the distance is Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of Tamatoa, with the Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ahu of Marae Taputapuatea, c. 1000 AD, a large religious and ceremonial temple site with a 60 x 45m stone courtyard and an ahu or altar made from 3m high standing stones cut from coral, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Against the stones is a pile of ritual offerings and carved wooden Unu representing the guardian of an ancestor. This marae marks the spot where Ta'aroa, creator and father of all Polynesian gods, first stepped on the earth. In the 17th century, it was rededicated to the god Oro, son of Ta'aroa and god of beauty, fertility and war. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pile of ritual offerings and carved wooden Unu representing the guardian of an ancestor, in front of the ahu of Marae Taputapuatea, c. 1000 AD, a large religious and ceremonial temple site with a 60 x 45m stone courtyard and an ahu or altar made from 3m high standing stones cut from coral, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae marks the spot where Ta'aroa, creator and father of all Polynesian gods, first stepped on the earth. In the 17th century, it was rededicated to the god Oro, son of Ta'aroa and god of beauty, fertility and war. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_POLYNESIA_MC_191.jpg
  • Pile of ritual offerings and carved wooden Unu representing the guardian of an ancestor, in front of the ahu of Marae Taputapuatea, c. 1000 AD, a large religious and ceremonial temple site with a 60 x 45m stone courtyard and an ahu or altar made from 3m high standing stones cut from coral, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This marae marks the spot where Ta'aroa, creator and father of all Polynesian gods, first stepped on the earth. In the 17th century, it was rededicated to the god Oro, son of Ta'aroa and god of beauty, fertility and war. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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