#21 The Manolis stone bridge over the Agrafiotis River in Greece, visible mostly in the summer when the water level drops

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#22 A gold fish vessel from the Achaemenid period, dating back to the 5th-4th century B.C.E.

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#23 Jewelry of a Scythian queen, discovered in the Chertomlyk barrow near Nikopol, Ukraine

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#24 The Paracas Candelabra, a famous prehistoric geoglyph on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula in Peru's Pisco Bay

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#25 Grafarkirkja, Iceland’s oldest turf church.

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#26 A tiny boxwood peapod, carved around 1500 by a North German artist, measuring just 10 cm. It opens to reveal small peas, and each pea opens to show ten intricate scenes from Genesis

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#27 A pair of Victorian crystal intaglio earrings, reverse-painted, from 1870

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#28 Remnants of the ancient Roman city beneath the modern road in Verona, near Porta Leoni, Italy

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#29 The medieval architectural complex of Dargavs in the Republic of North Ossetia, which deserves more recognition

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#30 The fascinating chariot tracks in Timgad, worn into stone streets over centuries, highlighting the city's lively history

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#31 A miniature book titled "Wanderstab" (Travel Staff), gifted by Queen Elizabeth of Romania to Princess Maria of Edinburgh

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#32 An Egyptian faience beadnet dress from the Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu, circa 2551-2528 B.C.

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#33 Exquisite half of a Safavid-era salting carpet, circa 1600, meticulously crafted with wool, silk, and metal threads

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#34 A 1st-century Roman mosaic featuring parrots and doves drinking from a fountain, with a lurking cat, found in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy

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#35 Collection of Mycenaean weaponry, including swords from the 16th-12th centuries B.C.

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#36 A tiny bone monkey, just 2.2 cm tall, discovered in a child's grave from the Erlitou culture in China, around 1600 B.C.

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#37 A Neolithic pig-shaped pot, about 6000 years old, housed at the Jiangsu Provincial Museum in Nanjing, Pottery and Porcelain Gallery

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#38 A 15th-century ceremonial fan from Abuna Abraham Debre Tsion Church in the Tigray region of Ethiopia

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#39 A golden cicada perched on a jade leaf from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), discovered in a tomb in 1954, part of a hairpin belonging to a high-ranking woman

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#40 The oldest known mirror, made of obsidian, found in Anatolia, Turkey, with a convex surface and exceptional optical quality

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