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Hadrian's Wall (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1987), near Housesteads, England, United Kingdom, Roman civilization, 2nd century.

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Egyptian ships sunk at the entrance of the Suez Canal at Port Said

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Carved wall scene depicting Cleopatra at Dendera Temple

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A rare jewelled late Medieval cluster brooch,

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American abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass, c 1866. (Photo by Shutterstock)

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An 18th-century marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare, a British neo-classical sculptor. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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An aerial view of Tintagel Castle, Cornwall. (Photo by David Goddard/Getty Images)

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