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Limestone relief depicting a a procession of courtiers paying homage to the Ahiram, king of the Phoenician city of Byblos

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The tomb of Pharaoh Djoser, built at Saqqara

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Attila the Hun

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Colourised print of the Lighthouse of Alexandria as imagined in the 18th century

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Illustration of Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels along the Silk Road to China

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A thin section of the Great Wall of China near Beijing

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Magic stone in Laraibina village in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea on September 27, 2009. This magic stone is hidden in a tree in Laraibina village. It is very useful to call the rain or to make some magic actions on people. It is forbidden to touch it, only the witch doctor can hold it. The same kind of stones exists in Vanuatu. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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A 16th-century painting of the Tower of Babel

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Stonehenge: Not a henge, but certainly a stone circle, and a very long-lived centre of human activity. (Getty Images)

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A replica of Jesus' tomb. (Photo by Alamy)

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