The main research library of the University of Oxford is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and second-largest library in Britain after the British Library.
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24. Morgan Library & Museum, USA ๐บ๐ธ
25. Biblioteca Casanatense, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
26. Szabo Ervin Library, Hungary ๐ญ๐บ
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28. George Peabody Library, USA ๐บ๐ธ
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30. Biblioteca Marciana, Italy ๐ฎ๐น
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Built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, this iconic white marble mausoleum is celebrated worldwide for its breathtaking architecture and is revered as a symbol of eternal love.
3. The Mausoleum of Hadrian, Rome
Also kwown as Castel Sant'Angelo, it was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family.
At one point, it held the title of the tallest building in Rome.
1. Mars is so bright it reflects on the ocean as it rises. Captured by astrophotographer Abdul Dremali in Rhode Island in 2018, this phenomenon wonโt occur again until 2035.
2. Amazing footage of Earth from the ISS
3. Have you ever seen a sunset and a solar eclipse at the same time? Now you have.
Dan McGlaun took this incredible shot at Big Spring State Park, Texas, on May 20, 2012.
Life frozen in time: a thread on the haunting wonder of Pompeii and Herculaneum ๐งต
1. The plaster cast of a 23-year-old woman caught in the 79 AD Mount Vesuvius eruption
2. This is a rendering of the 79 AD eruption.
Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, and several nearby villas were buried under 4โ6 meters (13โ20 feet) of ash and pumice, lying undisturbed until their 16th-century rediscovery.
3. The Herculaneum papyri, over 1,800 scrolls carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, are the only surviving library from antiquity preserved in its entirety.
With new x-ray techniques, these scrolls are being read for the first time in millennia.