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Richard Nixon gives the thumbs-up after his resignation

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President Joe Biden delivers a speech

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Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy, Al Gore and George W Bush

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Gustave Doré's famous engraving, produced to illustrate the 1872 book 'London: A Pilgrimage', depicts (and exaggerates) the squalor of tightly packed terraced houses. Yes, as Rosalind Crone observes, the washing lines in Doré's picture demonstrate that

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A man holds his head in his hands as he is visited by the ghostly apparition of a woman. A photographer's assistant is visible at centre, right.

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A vessel at sea comes across the mythical ghost ship The Flying Dutchman

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Kingdom Come Deliverance: Two medieval soldiers figthing

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Bust of Lucius Verus.

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Montage of famous assassinations, including Gandhi and JFK.

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Painting of the Wild Hunt of Odin

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Norse god Wotan surrounded by fire.

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Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess associated with medicine, fertility and healing. (Image by Getty Images)

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