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  • Histoire de L'Isle Espagnole ou de Saint Domingue, or History of Hispaniola, 1730, book by Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix, 1662-1761, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Texas African American History Memorial, detail of emancipated slaves, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hendrick Arnold, 1804-49, Texan revolutionary fighter, detail from the Texas African American History Memorial, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Texas African American History Memorial, detail of emancipated slaves, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Texas African American History Memorial, detail of emancipated slaves, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). 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 of cyatheales, asplenium australasicum leaves on the left, beneath the glass and metal structure of the Glasshouse.
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  • Front cover of issue no. 489 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1987, a special edition covering the great century of Ancient Rome. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 1 of Lisez-Moi Historique, Historia, a bi-monthly history magazine, published December 1909, featuring a portrait of the Marquess of Pompadour by La Tour. This magazine is part of the Historia group, a monthly history magazine created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 706 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 2005, featuring an article entitled The Cursed Kings, exploring plots and passions of rulers throughout history. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 47 of Le Lisez-Moi Historique, a bi-monthly history magazine, published February 1936, featuring a portrait and article on George V and the British monarchy. This was a special edition with 112 pages, of which 16 are printed with rotogravure. This magazine is part of the Historia group, a monthly history magazine created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 54 of Le Lisez-Moi Historique, a bi-monthly history magazine, published May 1936, featuring a reproduction of Gericault's Raft of the Medusa and an article about the victims. This magazine is part of the Historia group, a monthly history magazine created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 477 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1986, a special edition covering the Paris Commune of 1871 - the 7 days of the insurrection. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 97 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published December 1954, featuring an article on the 150th anniversary of the coronation of Napoleon in 1804, with a detail from Jacques-Louis David's 1807 painting, The Coronation of Napoleon. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 283 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published June 1970, featuring an article on the Six-Day War in Israel in 1967, with a portrait of Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 469 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1986, featuring an article by Alain Decaux entitled Offenbach or Parisian life. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 557 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published May 1993, featuring an article on St Petersburg and the end of the tsars, the last days of tsar Nicholas II. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 586 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1995, focusing on 16 centuries of war in the Balkans. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 707 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 2005 featuring an article on Christmas 1914 entitled Enemies Fraternising. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 12 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 1947, featuring an article on memories of the 11th November, Armistice Day, by General Weygand, with Dancers in Blue by Edgar Degas, 1890, on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 30 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published May 1949, featuring an article on the end of Hitler by A Francois-Poncet, with a painting of Marie Antoinette and her children by Vigee Le Brun on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 38 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1950, featuring an article on the Universal Exhibition of 1900, and a portrait of Lorenzo de Medici from La Capella dei Magi, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, c. 1459-62. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 82 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1953, featuring an article on Mussolini and featuring a painting of peasants in the countryside. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 224 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published July 1965, featuring an article on the end of the empire - the abdication of Napoleon. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 261 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published August 1968, featuring an article on the aviator Amelia Earhart being executed for spying for America. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 281 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published April 1970, featuring an article on Lenin. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 566 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published February 1994, featuring articles on the curse of Tutankhamon and the Trojan War. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Neoclassical portrait of Mme Recamier in classical dress, leaning against a tree, from a 1930s postcard, published in Historia magazine, a monthly history magazine. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 361 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published December 1976, featuring an article by Alain Decaux on the Night of the Long Knives, a purge in Nazi Germany in 1934. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 287 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1970, featuring articles on Laval, universities and Cromwell, with a front cover photograph of Pierre Laval, who was executed after plotting against De Gaulle. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 360 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 1976, featuring a new series by Alain Decaux. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 565 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1994, featuring articles on the feud between Louis XI and Charles le Temeraire, and the plot against De Gaulle in 1942. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Self Portrait by Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, artist, published in Historia magazine, a monthly history magazine. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 684 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published December 2003, featuring articles on American president John F Kennedy. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 292 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published March 1971, featuring an article on the French president Georges Pompidou, whose portrait is on the cover, and articles on Jesus and the Paris Commune. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 75 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published February 1953, featuring an article on the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944 during the Second World War, with the portrait of Madame Recamier by Antoine Gros on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 90 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published May 1954, featuring an article on the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944 during the Second World War, with a detail from The Moneylender and His Wife, by Quentin Massys, 1514. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 94 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1954, featuring an article on 40 years since victory on the Marne, in the Battle of the Marne in 1914 during the First World War, and a portrait of the explorer Cavelier de la Salle. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 95 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1954, featuring an article on V1 flying bombs falling on England during the Second World War, with the cover image Pierre Auguste Renoir's Portrait of Mademoiselle Irene Cahen d'Anvers. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 98 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1955, featuring an article by G Houot and P Willm on 4050m beneath the Atlantic Ocean, with Portrait of Jacques Amalric, 1804 by Antoine Gros on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 105 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published August 1955, featuring an article on the centenary of Queen Victoria's visit to Paris in 1855, with Claude Monet's painting Garden at Sainte-Adresse on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 215 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1964, featuring articles on Pizarro in South America, and France's 80 oldest families, with a portrait of Virginia, Countess of Castiglione, on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 239 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1966, featuring an article on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest and the retaking of Fort Douaumont in 1916. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 280 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published March 1970, featuring an article on the bombing of Tokyo on 9th March 1945. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 339 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published February 1975, featuring an article by Alain Decaux on Napoleon. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King Sargon II of Assyria, reigned 722-705 BC, alabaster limestone Assyrian relief fragment, from Khorsabad, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Trajan, 98-117 AD, Roman emperor, 110-119 AD, Pentelic marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Punic votive stele with inscription and decorative border, 3rd - 2nd century BC, limestone,<br />
from near the Gate of Furnos in Carthage, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gaius Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general and statesman, white marble head, 45-44 BC, from Tusculum, Italy, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winged female demon leading a horseman, representing the journey to the afterlife, relief on the chest of a cinerary urn, alabaster, 240-210 BC, of a son of the founder of the hypogeum, with a reclining sculpture of the deceased holding a bowl, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Sophocles, 497-405 BC, Greek playwright, late 2nd - early 3rd century AD, Roman, white marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mesopotamian clay tablets with scribal exercises in cuneiform script, paleo-Babylonian, 1900-1600 BC, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The tablets show the various tasks student scribes undertook, such as <br />
multiplication tables, tracing syllabic graphemes,  copying texts, transcribing dictated verses and poems, and mathematics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn, 1 of a pair, alabaster, 260-220 BC, thought to be that of the wife of the founder of the hypogeum, with reclining sculpture of the deceased holding a pomegranate, symbol of rebirth, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. On the chest is a relief of a battle scene with horseman, reminiscent of others depicting Alexander the Great. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a veiled female votary, 2nd - 1st century BC, Roman, in limestone, from Cyprus, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Annia Galeria Faustina, known as Faustina the Younger of Bruttia Crispina, 130-176 AD, Roman empress and wife of Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century AD, white marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Thucydides, 460-400 BC, Greek historian, or Theophrastus, 371-287 BC, Greek philosopher, <br />
Roman marble head, 1st century AD, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele, Punic, with relief of woman playing tambourine, 5th century BC, grey feldspar rhyolite (liparite), from the Tophet Sanctuary, Sulky, Sant'Antioco, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Claudius, 10 BC - 54 AD, Roman emperor, late 1st century AD, Roman, white marble, from Susa, Piedmont, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Gallienus, 208-268 AD, Roman emperor, late 3rd century AD, white marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn from Chiusi, Etruscan, terracotta, 3rd - 2nd century BC, with reclining sculpture of deceased and on the chest, a polychrome relief scene of deceased being led by a winged figure, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagus lid fragment, late 2nd - early 3rd century AD, white marble, with high relief of the myth of Meleager, depicting hunters returning with the game in a net, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The sculpture previously hung over a fireplace in the Grand Gallery in the Royal Palace in Torino. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Trajan, 98-117 AD, Roman emperor, 110-119 AD, Pentelic marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn from Chiusi, Etruscan, terracotta, 2nd century BC, with reclining sculpture of deceased and on the chest, a polychrome relief of a battle scene reminiscent of large Greco-Hellenistic friezes, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The hero fights with a plough, and has been identified with various figures in Greek and Etruscan mythology, mainly Echetlus, who fought the Persians in Marathon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hand wearing rings, statue fragment, 6th - 3rd century BC, terracotta and limestone, from Cyprus, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele, Punic, with relief of figure playing tambourine, 4th - 3rd century BC, grey feldspar rhyolite (liparite), from the Tophet Sanctuary, Sulky, Sant'Antioco, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II, reigned 605-562 BC, with cuneiform stamped inscriptions of the name and titles of the king, clay, Neo-Babylonian, from Babylon, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Bricks of this type were produced by the thousands throughout southern Mesopotamia and used in building projects during his reign. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn larce Rezu, from Chiusi, Etruscan, alabaster, 230-220 BC, with reclining sculpture of deceased as a banqueter wearing a wreath and holding a libation bowl or patera, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. On the chest is a rosette frieze, and relief of a horseman led by a cloaked man, representing the journey to the afterlife, or a family farewell. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn, 1 of a pair, alabaster, 260-220 BC, thought to be that of the grandson of the founder of the hypogeum, with a reclining sculpture of the deceased as a banqueter holding a libation bowl or patera, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. On the chest is a relief of a winged triton holding an oar and grasping 2 men with its tails. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn from Chiusi, Etruscan, terracotta, 2nd century BC, with reclining sculpture of deceased and on the chest, a polychrome relief of a battle scene reminiscent of large Greco-Hellenistic friezes, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The hero fights with a plough, and has been identified with various figures in Greek and Etruscan mythology, mainly Echetlus, who fought the Persians in Marathon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of family arriving at a door, from the chest of a cinerary urn from Chiusi, Etruscan, terracotta, 3rd - 2nd century BC, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele, Punic, with relief of woman holding flower, 6th - 5th century BC, grey feldspar rhyolite (liparite), from the Tophet Sanctuary, Sulky, Sant'Antioco, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horses, 717-707 BC, alabaster limestone Assyrian relief fragment, from Khorsabad, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele, Punic, with relief of animal, possibly sheep, under sun and moon, 2nd - 1st century BC, grey feldspar rhyolite (liparite), from the Tophet Sanctuary, Sulky, Sant'Antioco, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn from Chiusi, Etruscan, terracotta, 3rd - 2nd century BC, with reclining sculpture of deceased and on the chest, a polychrome relief of a battle scene reminiscent of large Greco-Hellenistic friezes, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The hero fights with a plough, and has been identified with various figures in Greek and Etruscan mythology, mainly Echetlus, who fought the Persians in Marathon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal head of Hadrian, 76-138 AD, Roman emperor, mid 2nd century AD, white marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn, terracotta and alabaster, 230-210 BC, with reclining sculpture of the deceased, and relief on the chest of Scylla, a sea monster, crossing the water as a representation of the journey to the afterlife, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aphrodite holding Eros, late 4th century BC, from the sanctuary at Ayios Photios, Cyprus, Greece, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The statue could represent the Great Goddess of Cyprus in Hellenistic style, wearing a Greek himation or cloak over her chiton, and a diadem decorated with palmettes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a veiled female votary, 2nd - 1st century BC, Roman, in limestone, from Cyprus, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn, Etruscan, terracotta, 3rd - 2nd century BC, from Chiusi, with reclining sculpture of deceased as a banqueter holding a libation bowl or patera, and on the chest, a relief of a depicts a battle scene reminiscent of large Greco-Hellenistic friezes, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman cavalryman wearing helmet with horse, Roman relief fragment, early 2nd century AD, Docimium marble, from Rome, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The Praetorian Guard armour suggests that the relief came from a monument commemorating the Dacian campaigns of Trajan. It previously hung above a fireplace in the Grand Gallery in the ducal palace in Turin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II, reigned 605-562 BC, with cuneiform stamped inscriptions of the name and titles of the king, clay, Neo-Babylonian, from Babylon, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Bricks of this type were produced by the thousands throughout southern Mesopotamia and used in building projects during his reign. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chiaramonti type bust of Gaius Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general and statesman, early 1st century BC, Parian marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn from Chiusi, Etruscan, terracotta, 3rd - 2nd century BC, with reclining sculpture of deceased and on the chest, a polychrome relief scene, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele of Melkyaton, temple style, with lion in pediment and Greek female figure removing a veil, Punic, 3rd century BC, Parian marble, from the Tophet Sanctuary in Sulky, Sant'Antioco, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The woman's gesture is associated with marriage and the goddess Persephone or Kone. The Punic inscription mentions Melkyaton, a sufet or high magistrate. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a young woman, possibly Cleopatra, Roman, late 1st century BC, marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn, alabaster, 240-210 BC, of a son of the founder of the hypogeum, with a reclining sculpture of the deceased as a banqueter holding a libation bowl or patera, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. On the chest is a relief of a winged female demon leading a horseman, representing the journey to the afterlife. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Heads, possibly from a procession scene, an adventus (arrival) or an adlocutio (speech to the troops), Roman relief fragment, Docimium marble, 1st century AD, from Rome, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn from Chiusi, Etruscan, terracotta, 2nd century BC, with reclining sculpture of deceased and on the chest, a polychrome relief of a battle scene reminiscent of large Greco-Hellenistic friezes, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The hero fights with a plough, and has been identified with various figures in Greek and Etruscan mythology, mainly Echetlus, who fought the Persians in Marathon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a bearded male god, late 1st century - early 2nd century AD, Roman, white marble, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Thucydides, 460-400 BC, Greek historian, or Theophrastus, 371-287 BC, Greek philosopher, <br />
Roman marble head, 1st century AD, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a dignitary, 717-707 BC, alabaster limestone Assyrian relief fragment, from Khorsabad, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victims in the river, Assyrian relief fragment, 704-631 BC, alabaster limestone, from Nineveh, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Punic Stele fragment with inscription detailing religious rites and lists of offerings made at a religious festival, 4th - 3rd century BC, white marble, from Carthage, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archaeology Gallery, with Greek and Roman sculptures, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aphrodite holding Eros, late 4th century BC, from the sanctuary at Ayios Photios, Cyprus, Greece, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The statue could represent the Great Goddess of Cyprus in Hellenistic style, wearing a Greek himation or cloak over her chiton, and a diadem decorated with palmettes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a goddess or priestess, 600-550 BC, Greek, limestone, from Kition (Larnaca), Cyprus, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The crown or turban may indicate that this is the Great Goddess of Cyprus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cinerary urn from Chiusi, Etruscan, terracotta, 2nd century BC, with reclining sculpture of deceased and on the chest, a polychrome relief of a battle scene reminiscent of large Greco-Hellenistic friezes, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The hero fights with a plough, and has been identified with various figures in Greek and Etruscan mythology, mainly Echetlus, who fought the Persians in Marathon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officer of the guard, 717-707 BC, alabaster limestone Assyrian relief fragment, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele, Punic, with relief of figure wearing stole, 4th - 3rd century BC, grey feldspar rhyolite (liparite), from the Tophet Sanctuary, Sulky, Sant'Antioco, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagus with reclining sculpture of the deceased, a woman wearing cloak and jewellery, holding a krater used for initiation into a cult, 280-270 BC, limestone, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The deceased was probably an eminent figure, possibly first wife or mother of the tomb's founder. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gaius Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general and statesman, white marble head, 45-44 BC, from Tusculum, Italy, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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