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Crompton's Spinning Mule
Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule in 1779, which greatly increased the speed of spinning yarn for textile production. It made finer and more uniform yarn than previous machines and had many more spindles, up to 1,320. The invention...
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History & Mining Culture of the Ore Mountains
The Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) on the border between Germany and the Czech Republic is a region rich in history and culture connected to the mining industry. For centuries the cities on both sides of the mountain range had sustained themselves...
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Pigs in Ancient China
Pigs (sometimes called “suids” of the suidae family) have long played an important part in Chinese culture. Pigs symbolize good fortune and happiness as they seem to live a care-free existence and have a long relationship with the humans...
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Gilgamesh and Huwawa
Gilgamesh and Huwawa is a Sumerian poem relating the expedition of Gilgamesh and Enkidu to the Cedar Forest and the slaying of the monster-demon Huwawa. The work predates and informs The Epic of Gilgamesh in which the death of the monster...
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Miracle of the Mule by Donatello
The silver and gilt relief panel known as the 'Miracle of the Mule' by the Italian Renaissance artist Donatello (c. 1386-1466 CE). The panel is one of four created for the high altar of the Sant' Antonio Basilica in Padua, Italy. 1446-1450...
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Man Feeding Mule, Byzantine Mosaic
A man is feeding his mule, Byzantine Mosaic, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th century CE. Place: Constantinople, (Modern Istanbul, Turkey). Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul, Turkey. The Great Palace Mosaic Museum was inaugurated...
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Hephaistos Riding a Mule
An Attic krater showing Hephaistos riding a mule. 550-500 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Agrigento, Sicily)
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Mule-shaped Rhyton, Tarentum
A rhyton in the form of a mule's head, Tarentum, 5th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)
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View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia
Svaneti is a historic province in the northwestern part of Georgia on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The region has a high content of gold in its rocks and river alluvium, which may have been the source of gold for...
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Travelling among Streams & Mountains by Fan Kuan
Travelling among Streams & Mountains by Fan Kuan (c. 990-1030 CE). Song Dynasty. Painted silk, 2 x 1 metres. (National Palace Museum, Taipei)