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Lewis Chessmen
Parthenon frieze
Circle of Martin Schongauer, St Dorothy, from the Feldmann collection
Crystal Skull
Turquoise mask. Aztec/Mixtec, 15th–16th century AD
Great Court
Photo from Uruk, Iraq