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Treaty concluded after the battle of Kadesh between    
Pharaoh Ramses II and the Hittite King Muvatallish.    
Battle of Kadesh 1282 BCE, treaty probably 1272 BCE.   
Fragment of a terracotta tablet in Akkadian language,  
the diplomatic language of the 13th BCE.
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Treaty concluded after the battle of Kadesh between Pharaoh Ramses II and th...

Astrologicl calendar                                   
from Uruk, Mesopotamia.                                
Terracotta tablet
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Astrologicl calendar from Uruk, Mesopotamia....

Saint Eudokia, Empress of Byzantium.                   
From the church of Lips Monastery,                     
now Fenasi Isa Mosque. End 10th-early 11th.            
Coloured stone inlay in marble.                        
H:66 cm      Inv.4309 T
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Saint Eudokia, Empress of Byzantium. From the church of Lips...

Siloam inscription,a Hebrew text commemorating the ex- 
cavation of a tunnel between the spring of Gihon and   
the pool of Siloam inside the walls of Jerusalem.Built 
under King Hezekiah,the tunnel brought water to the    
city during the Assyrian siege under Sennacherib.
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Siloam inscription,a Hebrew text commemorating the ex- cavation of a tunnel bet...