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2014Ten things we're looking forward to at the London Design Festival
2014
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2015Photographing the choreography and chaos of the England cheerleading team
2015
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2015Striking red and yellow pavilions installed at London's King's Cross
2015
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2015East London design collective Assemble makes 2015 Turner Prize shortlist
2015
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2017Meet London-based illustrator, animator and curator Joey Yu
2017
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2020Chris Dorley-Brown’s photographs of London during lockdown are “terrifying and exciting in equal measure”
2020
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2014A Friday Mixtape by British trio Band of Skulls
2014
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2015Nice and Serious swings cats in protest at London housing prices
2015
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2015Viviane Sassen's new exhibition opens today at London's ICA
2015
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2015London's National Portrait Gallery opens first show without faces
2015
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2013Stunning 48 kilometre thread installation arrives at South London Gallery
2013
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2015Derek Ridgers’ images of unraveling nights on 80s London dance floors
2015
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2017"Never ending surprises and continuous exploration": Scandebergs hit London with Kodak's Ektra smartphone
2017
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2014A crazy amount of new work from London-based duo Sawdust
2014
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2015Artist illustrates every single act on east London festival line-up
2015
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2018Ditto publish 100 Club Stories in celebration of the iconic London venue
2018
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2019Sam Gregg's latest work uses photography to rediscover his hometown of London
2019
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2021Sarah Stedeford’s Beautiful Croydon shows the powerful personalities living in the London borough
2021
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2014Dazzling first UK show featuring leading designer Ivan Chermayeff opens
2014
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2015Vicky Grout’s portraits focus on south London streetwear and music culture
2015
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2011What's On: UK
2011
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2012Good news! NoBrow presents the first East London Comics & Arts Festival
2012
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2013Exhibition Design: Plaid transform The British Library into Mughal India
2013
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2017Nice Threads, Mate embroiders throwaway British culture in incredible detail
2017
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2024POV: The UK is losing its creative spark
2024
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2013The Poo Song — a funny Scottish ditty promoting bowel cancer awareness
2013
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2019Shake, England, shake: Ian Howorth photographs a vision of Arcadia
2019
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2020Okocha Obasi wants to make British creative culture bolder and “more Black, intersectional and queer”
2020
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2015The makings of an art world Titan: new London show gives us another side of Giacometti
2015
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2014Join us for a night of disruption-themed talks at London's Design Museum
2014
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2017South-London artist Lucas Dupuy explores dyslexia through blurred shapes and symbols
2017
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2015Our highlights from Frieze London 2015
2015
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2012Designing London 2012: Taking you through the hits and misses of the Olympic kits
2012
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2012Float away in the abstract illustrations of London-based master of most trades Céli Lee
2012
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2013We are excited to unveil our new London listings service – This At There
2013
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2023EartH is the London events space leading the way in the city’s cultural programming
2023
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2012Derek Welsh and Graphical House reinvent a board game classic
2012
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2011What's On: London
2011
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2020In A Big Fat Sky, Max Miechowski documents “the subtle complexities of life” along the British east coast
2020
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2017A closer look at the work of London-based design studio Spencer Fenton
2017
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2014Event: The House of Peroni opens a feast of creativity in London
2014
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2014A Friday Mixtape by London record label Bella Union!
2014
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2019Photographer Fergus Thomas turns his lens on the pigeon-breeding community of South Wales
2019
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2020Meet the young people affected by west London’s rapid gentrification
2020
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2024Find your Inner Piece at It’s Nice That and The LEGO Group’s new London experience
2024
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2020Oliver Jackson’s new zine is a genius ode to British sitcom, Peep Show
2020
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2015Our 15 highlights ahead of London Design Festival 2015
2015
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2016#savefabric: the graphic design legacy defining London nightlife
2016
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2016East London's Ridley Road market reimagined as a grotesque nudist beach
2016
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2013Woo indeed! Juergen Teller's first solo UK show in ten years is a blinder
2013
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2011What's On: London
2011
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2016Photographing the protests and passion of 1980s Britain
2016
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2016Tragic beauty: the arsenic-laden wallpapers of the Victorian home
2016
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2015GUNMAD lands in London for inaugural Unit Editions show
2015
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2015Cornelia Parker unveils a new sculpture to hang in London's St Pancras Station
2015
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2014Here 2014: Co-founder of FAT Architecture Sam Jacob will join us at Here London!
2014
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2022Eddie Opara on leaving London for New York and tackling tricky client relationships
2022
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2015John Holt on LAW, documenting the "beautiful undercurrent of Britain"
2015
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2016Skarstedt opens new London gallery with Cindy Sherman and David Salle exhibition
2016
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2019Francesca McColl documents the intrepid women who brave England’s wild waters
2019
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2014Art: Thierry Noir – the first man to paint the Berlin Wall – opens first ever solo show in London
2014
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2017Photographer Chris Bethell shoots the placards of London's #MuslimBan protest
2017
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2013Illustration: East London nightlife as seen by the brilliant Dilraj Mann
2013
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2012Dave White captures the power and glory of endangered species for his new London show
2012
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2007Holly Wales
2007
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2011What's On: UK
2011
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2024What went down at Adobe MAX London and how to catch up on the action
2024
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2025Hannah Norton celebrates the humanity and spirit of the characters that shaped north London’s Community Cook Up
2025
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2016Take the Jack Sachs animated tour of the Tate Britain, and meet his odd CG characters along the way
2016
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2021“A love letter to Hackney”: Sarah Burton Fielding documents the character and community of London
2021
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2021From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice
2021
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2018"London is often seen as a grey city, but I have always seen it in colour" — illustrator Kelly Anna on designing Nike rns
2018
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Art Deco gravestone City of London Cemetery Garnham 1948 brighter cooler
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Art Deco gravestone City of London Cemetery Garnham 1948 brighter warmer
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1701Knife with Sheath
1701
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1915Vers l'Orient, Constantinople la résignée
1915
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1936Teapot, designed by Jean Puiforcat, made by Elkington and Co., Birmingham, 1936-1937, silver and rosewood - Victoria and Albert Museum - London, England - DSC05167
1936
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1798Miquelet Gun of Ali Pasha
1798
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1873Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873: Ouvrage publié sous le patronage de la Commission impériale ottomane pour l'Exposition universelle de Vienne
1873
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1450Shield
1450
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595Gold Belt Buckle and Strap End
595
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-2300Gilded silver cup with two handles
-2300
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-2300Silver phiale (libation bowl)
-2300
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1738Miquelet Rifle
1738
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-2300Electrum vase with lid
-2300
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-2000Serpentine axehead
-2000
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1450Helmet with Aventail
1450
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-2000Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal in Anatolian style
-2000
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1750Miquelet Rifle
1750
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1784Miquelet Gun
1784
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-3000Terracotta jug
-3000
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-2300Silver beaker
-2300
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1475Two Arrows
1475
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1750Saber (Kilij) with Scabbard
1750
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1535Helmet
1535
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1701Dagger with Sheath
1701
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1450Turban Helmet
1450
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1550Scimitar with Scabbard
1550
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1701Saber
1701
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-300Snaffle Bit
-300
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1525Helmet
1525
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1401Side Piece of a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1401
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1732Miquelet Pistol
1732
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1500Shaffron
1500
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1801Dagger with Sheath
1801
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1801Dagger with Sheath
1801
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1550Helmet
1550
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1451Shirt of Mail and Plate
1451
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1242Dirham of Ghiyath al-Din Kai Khusrau II (r. 1237–46)
1242
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1826Sword (Kilij) and Scabbard with Baldric
1826
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1197Axe (Berdiche)
1197
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1801Dagger with Sheath
1801
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1701Patch Box
1701
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1501Archer's Thumb Ring
1501
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1375Field Ensign
1375
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1801Pair of Stirrups and Ring Bit
1801
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1801Knife with Sheath
1801
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1501Left Arm Guard
1501
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1675Miquelet Gun
1675
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1575Shaffron (Head Defense) for a Camel
1575
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-2000Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a: loan of silver
-2000
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1478Turban Helmet
1478
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1275Axe (Berdiche)
1275
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1851Tray of Jeweled Daggers
1851
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1401Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1401
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1701Sword (Yatagan) with Scabbard
1701
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1701Dagger with Sheath
1701
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1850Kemangeh
1850
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1501Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1501
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1850Tanbur Kabir Turki
1850
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1650Standard (<i>Alem</i>)
1650
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1575Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1575
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1700Bell
1700
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1880Dance slipper
1880
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1850Tanbour Bouzourk
1850
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1825Dervish Ax
1825
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1916Ūd
1916
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1601Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1601
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1801Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
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1501Turban Helmet
1501
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1648Mace
1648
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1501Dagger
1501
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1801Qānūn
1801
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1550Helmet
1550
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1658Banner
1658
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1425Armor for Man and Horse
1425
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1450Turban Helmet
1450
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1555Helmet
1555
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1850Saz
1850
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1800Knotted Rug
1800
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1825Tray of Jeweled Daggers
1825
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-2000Decorated ring
-2000
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1850Junuk
1850
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1588Helmet
1588
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1550Portions of a Cuirass
1550
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1450Turban Helmet
1450
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1550Saddle
1550
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1850Kemangeh
1850
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-2000Decorated ring
-2000
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1501Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1501
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1525Mace
1525
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1475Helmet
1475
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1450Helmet
1450
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1850Daira
1850
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1850Zurna
1850
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1500Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66)
1500
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1450Pair of Leg Defenses (Greaves)
1450
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1401Mail Shirt
1401
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1601Helmet
1601
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1601Helmet
1601
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1801Qānūn
1801
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1801Saber with Scabbard
1801
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1719Composite Bow with Forty Arrows
1719
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1601Helmet
1601
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1850Tabl baladi
1850
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1450Left Leg Defense (Greave)
1450
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1650Saber
1650
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1850Darabukka
1850
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1850Qānūn
1850
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1850Zurna
1850
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1451Right Leg Defense (Greave)
1451
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1501Helmet
1501
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1401Turban Helmet
1401
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1801Zils
1801
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1850Zurna
1850
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1850tabl-i baz
1850
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1850Jōra (small) Sāz,
1850
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1850Nay
1850
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1450Shirt of Mail and Plate
1450
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1600Helmet
1600
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1801Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
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1850Tabl-i baz
1850
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1850Düdük
1850
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1425Defense for the Lower Right Leg (Greave)
1425
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1850Düdük
1850
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1850Baz
1850
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1850Kaval
1850
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1801Zils
1801
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1850Zilli mașa
1850
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1700Transylvanian prayer rug
1700
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1850Zilli mașa
1850
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1850Dabbous (zarf or darb)
1850
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1850Kemangeh
1850
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1850Daira
1850
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1850Saz
1850
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1850Santir (santur)
1850
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1850Fellahi
1850
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-2000Cup
-2000
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1501Shield Boss
1501
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-2000Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Anatolian and Old Assyrian style, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.16a: quittance for a loan in silver
-2000
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1501Helmet
1501
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1501Sword with Scabbard
1501
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1701Banner
1701
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1701Primer
1701
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1501Thigh Defense
1501
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1801Sword (Yatagan) with Scabbard
1801
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1701Dagger (Jambiya) with Sheath
1701
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1801Axe
1801
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1501Helmet
1501
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1801Combination Flintlock and Knife Carrier
1801
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1701Knife (Kard) with Sheath
1701
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1522Saber
1522
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1801Dagger with Sheath
1801
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1675Archer's Ring
1675
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1787Neck Chain with Badge
1787
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1501Right Leg Guard
1501
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1701Knife (Yatagan) with Sheath
1701
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1501Left Leg Guard
1501
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1601Hammer of a Janissary
1601
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1600Manuscript pages showing battle scenes
1600
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1801Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
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1701Knife with Sheath
1701
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1501Helmet
1501
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1801Knife with Sheath
1801
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1865Lâvta (lute)
1865
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1701Knife (Kard) with Sheath
1701
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1501Helmet
1501
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1675Archer's Ring
1675
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1801Dagger with Sheath
1801
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1501Archer's Ring
1501