an Acheulean hand-axe (accession number UC13577). It was discovered on a high-altitude, hill-top plateau 1,400 feet above sea level, approximately 9 miles north-northwest of the city of Naqada, Egypt.

Crafted by prehistoric hominins (likely Homo erectus) during the Paleolithic era, this Lower Paleolithic stone tool is estimated to be roughly 350,000 to 400,000 years old

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the Luxor Obelisk standing at the center of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.

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