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  • Trigonolite, a 3-pointed cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, found especially in the East of Hispaniola and thought to be related to rituals of manioc farming and rain, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trigonolite, a 3-pointed cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, found especially in the East of Hispaniola and thought to be related to rituals of manioc farming and rain, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trigonolite, a 3-pointed cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, found especially in the East of Hispaniola and thought to be related to rituals of manioc farming and rain, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trigonolite, a cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, used for obtaining good fortune or fertility from the spirits, from Cumaysa, 350-1500 AD, in the form of a snake, linked to yucca production, on loan from the Altos de Chavon Regional Archaeological Museum, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trigonolite, a cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, used for obtaining good fortune or fertility from the spirits, anthropomorphic style in form of a head, possibly buried under a field for improving harvests, Taino culture, Precolumbian era, in the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trigonolite, a cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, used for obtaining good fortune or fertility from the spirits, anthropomorphic style in form of a smiling head, possibly buried under a field for improving harvests, Taino culture, Precolumbian era, in the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Polychrome stone statue of St Barbara, early 16th century, holding the martyrs' palm and with the tower, her attribute, in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. Saint Louis was baptised here in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 (this statue is also listed as a protected object) and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone statue of Christ with hands bound and wearing a crown of thorns, Ecce Homo, 185cm high, 17th century, listed as a protected object, in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. Saint Louis was baptised here in 1214. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 and has been restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mood board with photographs, found objects and made samples, in the studio of Fflur Owen, a leatherworker who makes leather sculptures and objects inspired by nature, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mood board, with photographs, found objects and made samples, in the studio of Fflur Owen, a leatherworker who makes leather sculptures and objects inspired by nature, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mood board, with photographs, found objects and made samples, in the studio of Fflur Owen, a leatherworker who makes leather sculptures and objects inspired by nature, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mood board with photographs, samples, found objects and printed text, in the studio of Fflur Owen, a leatherworker who makes leather sculptures and objects inspired by nature, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mood board, workbench and tools in the studio of Fflur Owen, a leatherworker who makes leather sculptures and objects inspired by nature, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mood board, workbench and tools in the studio of Fflur Owen, a leatherworker who makes leather sculptures and objects inspired by nature, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mood board, workbench and tools in the studio of Fflur Owen, a leatherworker who makes leather sculptures and objects inspired by nature, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mood board, workbench and tools in the studio of Fflur Owen, a leatherworker who makes leather sculptures and objects inspired by nature, at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anne Midavaine, director of the Atelier Midavaine, with lacquerwork objects and furniture, in the workshop on the Rue des Acacias in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. Anne Midavaine is the granddaughter of lacquer artist Louis Midavaine, who founded the company in 1919. The workshop produces lacquer panelling, furniture and objects, mainly to commission, working with an international clientele. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anne Midavaine, director of the Atelier Midavaine, with lacquerwork objects and furniture, in the workshop on the Rue des Acacias in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. Anne Midavaine is the granddaughter of lacquer artist Louis Midavaine, who founded the company in 1919. The workshop produces lacquer panelling, furniture and objects, mainly to commission, working with an international clientele. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ship's chest used in the captain's apartments for documents and precious objects, with a secret hidden keyhole, late 18th century, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The castle was originally built in 1207 and rebuilt 1466, and was the residence of the Dukes of Brittany until the 16th century, when it became a royal palace. 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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  • Daily life in Gergovie illustrated through  ceramics (used to store, prepare, serve and consume food); fibulae and jewels (domestic use); craftsmanship through iron metallurgy, bronze, tabletting or woodworking; coins (trade with other Gallic peoples); glass, ceramic and metallic dishes (trade of manufactured objects from the Mediterranean); wine amphoras, olive oils or condiments (trade from Roman provinces), in the Life in the Oppidum display, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Daily life in Gergovie illustrated through ceramics (used to store, prepare, serve and consume food); fibulae and jewels (domestic use); craftsmanship through iron metallurgy, bronze, tabletting or woodworking; coins (trade with other Gallic peoples); glass, ceramic and metallic dishes (trade of manufactured objects from the Mediterranean); wine amphoras, olive oils or condiments (trade from Roman provinces), in the Life in the Oppidum display, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circular woven pieces in the Atelier Veronique de Soultrait, a studio and workshop on the rue Vendome, Lyon, France. Veronique de Soultrait produces works of art and decoration created using braiding techniques, with threads and ropes of cotton, hemp, cork, silk and leather. Pieces created include headboards, screens, mats, hangings, panels and other objects, which are often geometric in design. Photographed on 10th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, housing liturgical objects and relics including cameos of the popes, in the Sacristie du Chapitre, built in the 19th century under Viollet le Duc, South of the choir, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Treasury was completely renovated in 2012. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, housing liturgical objects and relics, in the Sacristie du Chapitre, built in the 19th century under Viollet le Duc, South of the choir, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Treasury was completely renovated in 2012. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mass tray with objects to be used during the mass, including a ciborium or covered chalice, a bottle of Altaris wine produced in Tarragona, Spain, and the sacramental bread, in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this room, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figurine of a rider, Late Dilmun burial offering in terracotta, c. 1000-800 BC, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This sculpture is from a collection of objects excavated from the Al-Maqsha and Shakhurah cemeteries. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ostrich egg shell used as a burial offering container, Dilmun, 2050-1700 BC, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This eggshell is from a collection of objects excavated from the Al-Hajjar, Saar, A'ali and Janabiyah cemeteries. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ostrich egg shell used as a burial offering container, Dilmun, 2050-1700 BC, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This eggshell is from a collection of objects excavated from the Al-Hajjar, Saar, A'ali and Janabiyah cemeteries. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceremonial zemi in carved guayacan hardwood, in the form of a seated male human figure holding a plate on his head where hallucinogenic cohoba was placed, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceremonial bowl used for storing hallucinogenic cohoba powder, which may have had an extension into which the inhaler was inserted, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceremonial mortar on which hallucinogenic cohoba powder was prepared, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy Head, used as funerary offering for chieftains, thought to be somehow related to the 3-pointed idols, with facial features of the Taino and Macorix, who practiced cranial deformation, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy Head, used as funerary offering for chieftains, thought to be somehow related to the 3-pointed idols, with facial features of the Taino and Macorix, who practiced cranial deformation, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stamp made from clay with a geometric design, which was pressed against dye then on the bodies of the Taino people, to decorate their skin, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Dyes for the stamps were extracted from plants such as mixa, custard apple and mangrove. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stamp made from clay with a geometric design, which was pressed against dye then on the bodies of the Taino people, to decorate their skin, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Dyes for the stamps were extracted from plants such as mixa, custard apple and mangrove. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy Head, used as funerary offering for chieftains, thought to be somehow related to the 3-pointed idols, with facial features of the Taino and Macorix, who practiced cranial deformation, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection of Sephardic Jewish objects including scrolls and a menorah, in the main room of the Sinagoga del Agua, or Water Synagogue, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. This recently discovered building is thought to be an 11th - 14th century synagogue, with yard, cellar, balcony, living room and mikveh, or Jewish ritual purification bath, fed by 7 connecting wells. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sebastien Ziegler, archaeologist at the Mairie at Chateau-Thierry, studying fragments of objects excavated at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, photographed at work at the Laboratoire d'Archeologie, Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala Orientale, with classical landscape wall paintings and displays of objects from around the world, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Georg Giese, oil painting, 1532, by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497-1543, in the Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. The painting is part of a series of commissioned portraits of wealthy Hanseatic merchants based at the Steelyard in London, the main trading base of the Hanseatic League. The merchant is depicted surrounded by many symbolic objects explaining his trade and suggesting at his life and personality, including letters, carnations, rosemary, clock, family seal and basil. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Il Bagno Blu or Blue Bathroom, with a collection of over 600 blue or green objects, in La Prioria, home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The house was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mass tray with objects to be used during the mass, including a ciborium or covered chalice and a bottle of Altaris wine produced in Tarragona, Spain, in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this room, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mass tray with objects to be used during the mass, including a ciborium or covered chalice, a bottle of Altaris wine produced in Tarragona, Spain, a goblet and the sacramental bread, in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this room, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian heart shaped vase with human heads on the spout, with a phallic shaped pourer (not shown here), Taino culture, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amesbury Archer, a Late Neolithic skeleton, 2400-2200 BC, found in a grave near Stonehenge, in the Salisbury Museum, housing archaeological collections from Stonehenge and other local sites from prehistory to the present day, in The King's House, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The burial site is over 4000 years old, one of the earliest bell beaker graves in Britain. The Archer was 35-45 years old when he died and was placed in a wooden chamber beneath a low mound. His left kneecap was missing which would have caused him to have a bad limp. His grave contained an unusually large number and variety of objects, including 5 beaker pots, 18 arrowheads, 2 bracers (archer’s wrist guards), 4 boars’ tusks, 122 flint tools, 3 copper knives, a pair of gold hair ornaments, and a cushion stone. Picture 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 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 detail of archaeological finds on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The wing feathers of a brown bird and various bird claws from the late Medieval period, were found by archaeologist Jacqui Wood in a pit.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of archaeological finds on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. 6 brass pins with soldered separate heads, including one with a gold head, fingernail pairings and heather stalks, from the late Medieval period, were found by archaeologist Jacqui Wood in a votive pool cut into a Neolithic spring pool.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of archaeological finds on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. 6 brass pins with soldered separate heads, including one with a gold head, human hair, fingernail pairings and heather stalks, from the late Medieval period, were found by archaeologist Jacqui Wood in a votive pool cut into a Neolithic spring pool. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of archaeological finds on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. A fragment of an iron cauldron, a leather shoe sole, brass pins, finger nail pairings, human hair, heather stalks and a strip of silk and wool mix textile, were found in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates them between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating).  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of the remains of a pocket on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. It was found in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates it between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating). (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of leather shoe sole on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. It was in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates it between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating). (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of leather shoe sole on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. It was in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates it between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating). (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of a fragment of an iron cauldron on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The cauldron was found with textiles in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates it between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating).(Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of a fragment of an iron cauldron on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The cauldron was found with textiles in a votive pool by archaeologist Jacqui Wood who dates it between the medieval period to the 17th century (no carbon dating). (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Shaving dish, 1773, from Nantes, ceramic dish painted with an image of the slave ship Marie Seraphique, commemorating her campaign of 1773 when 333 blacks were sold in Santo Domingo, under the foreman Rene La Porte, 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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  • Christel Sadde, kinetic artist, adjusting a mobile in her studio on the Rue des Entrepots in Saint-Ouen, Ile-de-France, France. Christel Sadde makes kinetic art and mobile sculptures from metals and other materials, often using geometric forms. Her ethos is Balance - Geometry - Poetry - Movement. Photographed on 12th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christel Sadde, kinetic artist, with The Giant, a culbuto kinetic sculpture in brushed satin brass, in her studio on the Rue des Entrepots in Saint-Ouen, Ile-de-France, France. Christel Sadde makes kinetic art and mobile sculptures from metals and other materials, often using geometric forms. Her ethos is Balance - Geometry - Poetry - Movement. Photographed on 12th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christel Sadde, kinetic artist, adjusting a wire sculpture in her studio on the Rue des Entrepots in Saint-Ouen, Ile-de-France, France. Christel Sadde makes kinetic art and mobile sculptures from metals and other materials, often using geometric forms. Her ethos is Balance - Geometry - Poetry - Movement. Photographed on 12th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kinetic sculpture made from site and felt balls, detail, in the studio of Christel Sadde, kinetic artist, on the Rue des Entrepots in Saint-Ouen, Ile-de-France, France. Christel Sadde makes kinetic art and mobile sculptures from metals and other materials, often using geometric forms. Her ethos is Balance - Geometry - Poetry - Movement. Photographed on 12th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kinetic sculpture in metal wire and dried flowers, detail, by Christel Sadde, kinetic artist, in her studio on the Rue des Entrepots in Saint-Ouen, Ile-de-France, France. Christel Sadde makes kinetic art and mobile sculptures from metals and other materials, often using geometric forms. Her ethos is Balance - Geometry - Poetry - Movement. Photographed on 12th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mobile sculpture with metal geometric shapes (foreground), and behind, Les Herbes Folles, a kinetic sculpture with gold plated steel wire, detail, by Christel Sadde, kinetic artist, in her studio on the Rue des Entrepots in Saint-Ouen, Ile-de-France, France. Christel Sadde makes kinetic art and mobile sculptures from metals and other materials, often using geometric forms. Her ethos is Balance - Geometry - Poetry - Movement. Photographed on 12th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christel Sadde, kinetic artist, surrounded by mobile sculptures in her studio on the Rue des Entrepots in Saint-Ouen, Ile-de-France, France. Christel Sadde makes kinetic art and mobile sculptures from metals and other materials, often using geometric forms. Her ethos is Balance - Geometry - Poetry - Movement. Photographed on 12th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medal blanks before being pressed, in the Salle magistrale du Grand Monnayage, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hallmark depicting Louis XIV, 1674, steel, engraving, in the Salle de la Manufacture, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collections in the Secret d’Annunzio Museum, inaugurated 2010, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, the home, estate and museums of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The museum is housed in the great exhibition space under the theatre. The collection contains D'Annunzio's clothes, shoes and boots, linens, clothes especially made for his women, dog collars, desk items, tableware and jewels. Monitors screen newsreels from the Istituto Luce or from the RAI Historical Archive. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Disk idol in gypsum alabaster, Kultepe type, early Bronze Age III, 2300-2000 BC, from Cappadocia, Anatolia, from the Ligabue collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated figure with head ornament in limestone, Neolithic period, 5th millennium BC, from the Cabras Tomb 386 at Cuccuru s'Arriu, Sardinia, from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari, Sardinia, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Record book made from paper and cardboard, used by pearl merchants, 20th century, in a temporary exhibition on pearl diving, which has been practised in Bahrain for over 2000 years, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted pottery beakers from the State of Dilmun, 2050-1700 BC, found in the Royal Burial Mounds of A'ali, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Plage (The Beach), detail of a 27cm painted plate, in the Faiencerie Georges pottery showroom in Nevers, France, photographed on 5th August 2017. Founded by Emile Georges in 1898, the pottery business is now run by its fourth generation, with Carole Dumont Georges and Jean Francois Dumont as associate artistic directors, where traditional techniques are married with contemporary design. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Precolumbian effigy vase with human face in clay, 825-1500 AD, donated by Gustavo Tavares Grieser, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy vase in female anthropomorphic form, Taino culture, Precolumbian era, in the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, founded in 1973 and designed by Jose Antonio Caro Alvarez, on the Plaza de la Cultura in the Colonial Zone, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses collections on the culture of the Precolumbian Taino people. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Striped shoe-sock, made of cotton and animal hair stitched to a base of planted yucca leaves, one of the few pieces of winter footwear to have survived, from the collection of the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona, in the Anasazi Heritage Center, an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures, Dolores, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mud Woman Rolls On, 2011, sculpture of a Native American woman and her 3 children, made from clay and plant fibre, by Roxanne Swentzell, b. 1962, from the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clay jar with painted decoration, 1400-1635, by  Hopi artist, from the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mask, c. 1850, by a Haida artist, made from wood, rope and abalone shell, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Native Americans on the North West Coast use masks in feasts called potlatches, held to celebrate clan status. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A terracotta jug with handle, narrow neck and pouring spout, 12th century, from the excavations of 2009-10 led by Sebastien Ziegler, from Fosse Depotoir F250, rue de la Madeleine, at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A terracotta cooking pot with a handle, 16th century, from the excavations of 1995 led by Francois Blary, from the North section of the upper courtyard in the kitchen area at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A terracotta cooking pot with no handle, 11th century, from the excavations of 1997 led by Francois Blary, from the North section of the upper courtyard in the kitchen area at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Toothpick set made from copper alloy, 14th century, from the 1995 excavations led by Francois Blary, from the North section of the upper courtyard in the kitchen area at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallo-Roman terracotta bottle, 1st century AD, in the Musee de l'Ardenne, on the Place Ducale in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Etruscan Apulian ceramic plate, 4th century BC, in orange figurine clay with black and white painted decoration of female head, in the collection of the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Etruscan sculpted funerary urn cover of a reclining woman, early 1st century BC, from Volterra, in the collection of the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden A-frame with a stone plumb bob, used to level the horizon during construction work, used by Egyptian architects, probably belonged to artisans from Deir el-Medina who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hoard of 690 coins, Roman and Byzantine, found in the White Monastery in Sohag, exhibited in the Secrets of Gold exhibition in 2021, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden quiver with arrows, and 2 model wooden shields, painted with cowhide patterns, ancient Egyptian, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Andiron or bracket support, with horse head, ceramic, 325-225 BC, in the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, an archaeology museum at Lattara, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded leather with coat of arms and putti, made in central Italy, 16th century, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pins, Gallo-Roman, 1st - 5th century AD, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dice made of bone used for games, Gallo-Roman, excavated at the Vesunna domus in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dice made of bone used for games, Gallo-Roman, excavated at the Vesunna domus in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coins of various denominations including denarius, sestertius, as and half-as, bronze, Gallo-Roman, 1st - 2nd century AD, excavated in the Vesunna domus in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The coins are stamped with the head of an emperor. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cabinet displaying the Amatller family's collection of glassware, in the living room overlooking the Passeig de Gracia, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman anchor, found by the Centre de Recuperacio i Investigacios submarines at Blanes in 1959, with 2 dolphins on each side as protectors of seamen, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In ancient times, anchors, oars and ship prows were used as votive offerings, and the heaviest anchor a ship carried was known as a sacred anchor. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amulet, a bell, rattle and whistle in the form of a mermaid, silver, 18th century, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alcora ceramic plaque depicting the Holy Trinity and saints, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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