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Pre-Inca "Were-Animal" Statues Holding Decapitated Human Heads Were Sculpted From Sacred Volcanic RockTiwanaku

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Pre-Inca "Were-Animal" Statues Holding Decapitated Human Heads Were Sculpted From Sacred Volcanic RockTiwanaku
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Pre-Inca "Were-Animal" Statues Holding Decapitated Human Heads Were Sculpted From Sacred Volcanic Rock

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Ancient Statues Had Detachable Heads And Smelled GoodStatues are without noses.

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Ancient Statues Had Detachable Heads And Smelled GoodStatues are without noses.
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Ancient Statues Had Detachable Heads And Smelled Good

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Rivals Wanted To Erase This Great Female Pharaoh From History, But Is That The Whole Story?Fragments recovered from an indurated limestone statue of Hatshepsut.

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Rivals Wanted To Erase This Great Female Pharaoh From History, But Is That The Whole Story?Fragments recovered from an indurated limestone statue of Hatshepsut.
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Rivals Wanted To Erase This Great Female Pharaoh From History, But Is That The Whole Story?

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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled DivineStatue of Greek god Zeus

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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled DivineStatue of Greek god Zeus
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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine

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Temple Of Maya Death God – AKA "The Stinking One" – Found in MexicoAh Puch Maya death god temple

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Temple Of Maya Death God – AKA "The Stinking One" – Found in MexicoAh Puch Maya death god temple
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Temple Of Maya Death God – AKA "The Stinking One" – Found in Mexico

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Why Do So Many Ancient Roman And Greek Statues Have No Noses?side view of the head of the Sphinx, part of the Nile God statue in Naples

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Why Do So Many Ancient Roman And Greek Statues Have No Noses?side view of the head of the Sphinx, part of the Nile God statue in Naples
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Why Do So Many Ancient Roman And Greek Statues Have No Noses?

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Top Of Ramesses II Statue Was Missing For 94 Years – Archaeologists Just Found ItA photo of the upper portion of the newly discovered Ramesses II statue. The image depicts the pharaoh's head wearing a double crown, headdress and royal serpent. The statue portion stops around the middle of his chest and he is missing his right arm. The whole image has been superimposed on a photo of a hieroglyphic depiction of Ramesses II riding on a chariot at the battle of Kadesh in the Great Temple of Abu Simbel.

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Top Of Ramesses II Statue Was Missing For 94 Years – Archaeologists Just Found ItA photo of the upper portion of the newly discovered Ramesses II statue. The image depicts the pharaoh's head wearing a double crown, headdress and royal serpent. The statue portion stops around the middle of his chest and he is missing his right arm. The whole image has been superimposed on a photo of a hieroglyphic depiction of Ramesses II riding on a chariot at the battle of Kadesh in the Great Temple of Abu Simbel.
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Top Of Ramesses II Statue Was Missing For 94 Years – Archaeologists Just Found It

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Dozens Of Statues Were Buried In A Mud Bath For 2,300 Years, Preserving Them PerfectlyA statue of Hygieia, goddess of hygiene

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Dozens Of Statues Were Buried In A Mud Bath For 2,300 Years, Preserving Them PerfectlyA statue of Hygieia, goddess of hygiene
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Dozens Of Statues Were Buried In A Mud Bath For 2,300 Years, Preserving Them Perfectly

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Maya Snake Warrior’s Head Unearthed At Chichén ItzáMaya snake warrior

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Maya Snake Warrior’s Head Unearthed At Chichén ItzáMaya snake warrior
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Maya Snake Warrior’s Head Unearthed At Chichén Itzá

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Smiling Sphinx Discovered In Egypt, Possibly Representing Roman EmperorAncient Egypt smiling sphinx

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Smiling Sphinx Discovered In Egypt, Possibly Representing Roman EmperorAncient Egypt smiling sphinx
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Smiling Sphinx Discovered In Egypt, Possibly Representing Roman Emperor

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Amazingly Preserved Statues Retell History Of War And Peace In Ancient RomeRoman Etruscan statue

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Amazingly Preserved Statues Retell History Of War And Peace In Ancient RomeRoman Etruscan statue
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Amazingly Preserved Statues Retell History Of War And Peace In Ancient Rome

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This Is What The "Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World" Would Look Like Todayarticle image

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This Is What The "Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World" Would Look Like Todayarticle image
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This Is What The "Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World" Would Look Like Today

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Why Are So Many Ancient Statues Nose-Less?article image

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Why Are So Many Ancient Statues Nose-Less?article image

Why Are So Many Ancient Statues Nose-Less?

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These Ancient Wooden Statues Found In An Abandoned Peruvian City Are Seriously Disturbingarticle image

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These Ancient Wooden Statues Found In An Abandoned Peruvian City Are Seriously Disturbingarticle image

These Ancient Wooden Statues Found In An Abandoned Peruvian City Are Seriously Disturbing

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Easter Island Is Disappearingarticle image

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Easter Island Is Disappearingarticle image
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Easter Island Is Disappearing

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