Philippe Clement / Rock art in the Tucson Mountains, created by the Hohokam Indians, showing geometrical shaped petroglyphs, Saguaro NP, Arizona, USA May 2007
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Jack Dykinga / Mixed colour clays and wave patterns against canyon formations, Paria Canyon, Arizona, USA
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Richard Du Toit / Bushman rock art, 'Fallen Rock' site, Bushmans Kloof, Cederberg, South Africa
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Mark Raycroft / Dalmatian (Canis familiaris) on antique fire truck
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Owen Newman / Rock art / cave paintings, people, Namibia.
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Michael Hutchinson / Sunrise over three stone megaliths at Avebury Stone Circle (World Heritage Site) Avebury, Wiltshire, UK
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Michael Hutchinson / Silhouette of stone megalith at sunrise, Avebury Stone Circle (World Heritage Site) Avebury, Wiltshire, UK
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Michael Hutchinson / Silhouette stone megalith at Avebury Stone Circle (World Heritage Site), sunrise Avebury, Wiltshire, UK
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Staffan Widstrand / Statue of Ramses II, obelisk and hieroglyphs, Luxor, Egypt.
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Toby Sinclair / 9th century rock carving Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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Pete Oxford / Yuanyang grand terraces built 3000 years ago by Hani people Honge, Yunnan, China
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Pete Oxford / Indian with Llama carrying hay {Lama glama} Cusco, Peru Sacsayhuaman ruins
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Pete Oxford / Machu Picchu (ancient Inca ruins) from the south with peak of Huayna Picchu in background. Peru, South America
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Neil Lucas / Water fall in Olympic National Park, Washington state USA
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Tony Heald / Rhinoceros rubbing stone, polished over centuries by Rhinos. Damaraland, Namibia
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Gavin Hellier / Buddhist and giant stone statue of Reclining Buddha at Xieng Khuan, Vientiane, Laos South East Asia
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David Noton / Dawn at Avebury stone circle Wiltshire, UK
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Constantinos Petrinos / Interior of a toursit shop in Addis Ababa with seller holding a Coptic cross that is for sale. Shop features various items, paraphernalia, such as Coptic crosses, headrests, bottle gourds, a stuffed c...
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Constantinos Petrinos / Interior of a toursit shop in Addis Ababa featuring various items such as Coptic crosses, headrests wooden chairs, wooden bowls and various wood carvings which the seller claimed to be antique. Addis...
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Constantinos Petrinos / Interior of a toursit shop in Addis Ababa featuring various items such as Coptic crosses, headrests, bottle gourds, wooden chairs, a stuffed crocodile and various wood carvings, which the seller claim...
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Constantinos Petrinos / Ivory bracelets which the merchant claimed was antique from before anti-poaching laws. Addis Ababa / Abeba, Ethiopia. February 2009
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Constantinos Petrinos / Interior of a tourist shop in Addis Ababa, with merchant selling ivory bracelets which the merchant claimed was antique from before anti-poaching laws. Addis Ababa / Abeba, Ethiopia. February 2009
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Fabrice Cahez / Ancient forest, Vosges, France, April.
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Philippe Clement / Carved Kilmartin Stones, collection of 79 ancient graveslabs at Kilmartin Parish Church, Argyll, Scotland, UK, September 2016
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Jen Guyton / Desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) male at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. Unlike most modern plants they're dioecious, which means that there are male plants and female pla...
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Jen Guyton / Male cones of the desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. These are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more...
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Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at night, Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia. They are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 20...
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Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at night, Swakopmund, Namib Desert, NamibiaThey are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2000...
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Jen Guyton / The desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. These species are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2...
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyria: the temple at Hatra (al-Hadr) northern Iraq, 2nd Century BC. Iraq. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destroyed in 2015.
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyria: the temple at Hatra (al-Hadr) northern Iraq, 2nd Century BC. Iraq. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destroyed in 2015.
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyria alabaster carving from the palace of King Ashur Nasipal II at Nimrud, Iraq.. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destroyed in 2015.
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyrian human headed bull guarding the doorway to the palace of King Ashur Nasipal II at Nimrud, Iraq. . In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destr...
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyrian human headed bull guarding the doorway to the palace of King Ashur Nasipal II at Nimrud, Iraq. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destro...
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyria reconstructed section of the wall that once surrounded the capital, Nineveh, now engulfed by the modern city of Mosul, Iraq. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and...
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyrian temple at Hatra (al-Hadr) northern Iraq, 2nd Century BC. Iraq. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destroyed in 2015. Taken in 1980.
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyrian cuneiform script in the library of the king's place at Nimrud, northern Iraq. Iraq. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destroyed in 2015....
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Kim Taylor / Ancient Assyrian temple at Hatra (al-Hadr) northern Iraq, 2nd Century BC. Iraq. In 2014 Hatra was taken over by Islamic State militants and much of the site was destroyed in 2015. Taken in 1980.
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Jack Dykinga / Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) ancient tree at dawn. Wolverine Canyon, Grand Staicase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, in dawn light.
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Christophe Courteau / Ancient carvings of a Puma on rock face, Quebrada de la Kezala, Atacama Region, Chile.
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Christophe Courteau / Ancient carvings of a Puma on rock face, Quebrada de la Kezala, Atacama Region, Chile.
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Graham Eaton / Part of a submerged Holocene forest, revealed after a winter storm from beneath the sand at Hells Mouth (Porth Neigwl), Abersoch Wales, UK March 2014
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Jean E. Roche / Bark of an old Black poplar (Populus nigra) Oppedette Canyon, Provence, France, April 2016.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in woodland, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in woodland, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in woodland, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / A carpet of Blaeberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / A carpet of Blaeberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / A carpet of Blaeberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Tangled dead boughs of veteran Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Tangled dead boughs of veteran Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Tangled dead boughs of veteran Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Tangled dead boughs of veteran Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Callanish Stones silhouetted at dawn, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, April 2014.
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John Cancalosi / Acasta Gneiss, the oldest rock in the world,ia tonalite gneiss in the Slave Craton, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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Peter Lewis / Rainbow over Brimham rocks in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire, England, UK. August 2015.
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Peter Lewis / Rainbow over Brimham rocks in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire, England, UK. August 2015.
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Peter Lewis / Rainbow over Brimham rocks in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire, England, UK. August 2015.
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Peter Lewis / Brimham rocks in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire, England, UK. August 2015.
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Peter Lewis / Brimham rocks in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire, England, UK. August 2015.
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Peter Lewis / Brimham rocks in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire, England, UK. August 2015.
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Peter Lewis / Brimham rocks in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire, England, UK. August 2015.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Gallarus Oratory, Dingle Village, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. September 2015.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Carved stone in Kilmalkedar Monastery, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. September.
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Pascal Kobeh / Aerial view of Tulum a Mayan a fortified city of the 10th century located near the sea, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
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Pascal Kobeh / A diver in front of antique pieces of pottery in Pyrgaki Bay where a boat of ancient Greece went down, Paros Island, Greece, Aegean Sea
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Pascal Kobeh / A diver in front of antique pieces of pottery in Pyrgaki Bay where a boat of ancient Greece went down, Paros Island, Greece, Aegean Sea
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Pascal Kobeh / Antique pieces of pottery in Pyrgaki Bay where a boat of ancient Greece went down, Paros Island, Greece, Aegean Sea
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Merryn Thomas / Arthur's Stone in evening light, Cefn Bryn, Gower Area Of Natural Beauty (AONB), Wales. June 2013.
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Merryn Thomas / Machu Picchu in morning. Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Peru. December 2013.
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Pete Oxford / Ancient petroglyphs on rock boulder by Essequibo river, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, South America
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Graham Eaton / A dry valley, cut through carboniferous limestone in Cave Dale and Peveril Castle, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK November
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Alex Hyde / RF - Huge Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Nick Turner / Ancient Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), Lineover Wood, Gloucestershire UK. The second largest Beech tree in England in the foreground. November 2015.
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Nick Turner / Ancient Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), Lineover Wood, Gloucestershire UK. The second largest Beech tree in England. November.
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Nick Turner / Ancient Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), Lineover Wood, Gloucestershire UK. The second largest Beech tree in England. November.
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Nick Turner / Ancient Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), Lineover Wood, Gloucestershire UK. The second largest Beech tree in England. November 2015.
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Nick Turner / Ancient Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), Lineover Wood, Gloucestershire UK. The second largest Beech in England in foreground. November 2015.
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Nick Turner / Ancient Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), Lineover Wood, Gloucestershire UK. The second largest Beech tree in England in foreground. November 2015.
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Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Aesop and the animals of his stories engraved by Leonard Gaultier from 'Les images ou tableaux de platte peintre des deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs' by Flavius Philostratus and Bla...
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Paul D Stewart / Illustration of a Unicorn, antique woodcut published ca 1560 from the 'Cosmographia' by Sebastian Munster.
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Paul D Stewart / Historical illustration of Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) Pierre Denys de Montfort engraving from 'Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Mollusques', 1801-1802.
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Paul D Stewart / Historical illustration of Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and Common squid (Loligo vulgaris) Pierre Denys de Montfort engraving from 'Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Mollusques', 1...
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Paul D Stewart / Historical illustration of Common squid (Loligo vulgaris) Pierre Denys de Montfort engraving from 'Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Mollusques', 1801-1802.
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Paul D Stewart / Antique copper plate illustration of Great auk ( (Pinguinus impennis) circa 1850, this species, now extinct was last sighted in 1852 on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
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Paul D Stewart / Skull of an Asian elephant (without its tusks) showing how the high nasal orifice for the trunk gives the impression of a single large eye socket. There is evidence that fossil elephant skulls (prehis...
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Paul D Stewart / Antique copper plate illustration of a Dodo (Raphys cucullatus) 'Zoological Lectures' by George Shaw, 1809, illustrated by Mrs Griffith.
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Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Samoan tooth billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) antique folio lithograph Published 1844-49, for 'The Genera of Birds.' by George Edward Gray. Illustrated by David William Mitchel...
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Cyril Ruoso / Human skull exposed where a pre-Inca burial site has been pillaged, Poroma Valley, Peru 2013
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) in Deadvlei, Sossusvlei Salt Pan, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) in Deadvlei, Sossusvlei Salt Pan, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists walking among ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) in Deadvlei, Sossusvlei Salt Pan, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists walking among ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) in Deadvlei, Sossusvlei Salt Pan, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) in Deadvlei, Sossusvlei Salt Pan, Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia
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Lucas Bustamante / Northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) sitting on the walls of Machu Picchu, Urubamba , Peru.
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Cyril Ruoso / Rock painting of people and animals, 10,000 years old, Vizcaino Desert, Baja California, Mexico.
