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An aerial view of Iraj Castle, a Sasanian fortification built in the 4th-5th century CE in Iran. The monument is known for its peculiar design: large defensive walls with embedded rooms and arches, with towers at regular intervals, enclosing a vast empty interior of 190 hectares [1230×778]

December 17, 2025

An aerial view of Iraj Castle, a Sasanian fortification built in the 4th-5th century CE in Iran. The monument is known for its peculiar design: large defensive walls with embedded rooms and arches, with towers at regular intervals, enclosing a vast empty interior of 190 hectares [1230×778]

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An aerial view of Iraj Castle, a Sasanian fortification built in the 4th-5th century CE in Iran. The monument is known for its peculiar design: large defensive walls with embedded rooms and arches, with towers at regular intervals, enclosing a vast empty interior of 190 hectares [1230×778]

The Blaschka glass sea creatures are a world-renowned collection of at least 10,000 of scientifically accurate and highly detailed glass models of marine invertebrates created by father and son Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, in Dresden between 1863 and 1880 CE [5438×6981]

The earliest extant repeating crossbow, a double-shot repeating crossbow excavated from a tomb of the State of Chu, 4th century BCE, China [1500×2561]

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An aerial view of Iraj Castle, a Sasanian fortification built in the 4th-5th century CE in Iran. The monument is known for its peculiar design: large defensive walls with embedded rooms and arches, with towers at regular intervals, enclosing a vast empty interior of 190 hectares [1230×778]

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The Blaschka glass sea creatures are a world-renowned collection of at least 10,000 of scientifically accurate and highly detailed glass models of marine invertebrates created by father and son Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, in Dresden between 1863 and 1880 CE [5438×6981]

The earliest extant repeating crossbow, a double-shot repeating crossbow excavated from a tomb of the State of Chu, 4th century BCE, China [1500×2561]

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