Grantham Hotel

The Angel and Royal Hotel on the High Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire, circa 1925. Widely regarded as Britain's oldest surviving inn, it was built as a hostel for the Knights Templar and has since housed more than one king of England. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Chinese Stocks

Circa 1700, A robber in China with his head and one hand locked in a heavy wooden frame as a punishment. The frame makes it impossible for the offender to feed himself, and he has to rely on the kindness of family or charitable persons to survive. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

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Terence

Circa 160 BC, Terence (c.185-c.159 BC). Roman playwright who was a slave as a child but later was freed and educated. Six of his comedies still survive, all adapted from Greek plays by Menander and others including 'Andria, 'Eunuchus' and 'Hecyra'. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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Tales Of Beowulf

circa 1950: A manuscript of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem 'Beowulf', believed to date from the 10th century. This, the only surviving ancient copy of the story is kept in the British Museum. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Elgin Cathedral

circa 1925: The ruins of Elgin Cathedral in Moray. The 13th-century cathedral was damaged in 1390 when the town was attacked by Wolf of Badenoch, the outlawed son of Robert II, but some of the building survived and the choir can still be seen today. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/A H Robinson/Getty Images)

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Elgin Cathedral

circa 1925: The ruins of Elgin Cathedral in Moray. The 13th-century cathedral was damaged in 1390 when the town was attacked by Wolf of Badenoch, the outlawed son of Robert II, but some of the building survived and the choir can still be seen today. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/A H Robinson/Getty Images)

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Elgin Cathedral

circa 1925: The ruins of Elgin Cathedral. The 13th-century cathedral was damaged in 1390 when the town was attacked by Wolf of Badenoch, the outlawed son of Robert II, but some of the building survived and the choir can still be seen today. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/A H Robinson/Getty Images)

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Stave Church

circa 1955: A stave church in Heddal, southern Norway. The church is made entirely out of timber and is the largest surviving example. (Photo by Richard Harrington/Three Lions/Getty Images)

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Bagpipe Maker

circa 1955: Glasgow bagpipe-maker R Hardie tests the sheepskin bag for airtightness. The earliest surviving Highland pipes were made in 1409 and differ very little from the modern design. Although the 15th-century instrument has no bass drone it does have a double-reed chanter with eight finger holes, and two drone pipes which supply the continuous sound associated with traditional Scottish music. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

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Staples Inn

circa 1937: Staples Inn, the old Inn of Chancery was one of 12 Inns of Court of which only 3 now survive. It stands at the junction of High Holborn and Gray's Inn Road, one of the finest examples of half-timbered building still standing in London. (Photo by Mike Barnes/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Published: 2004-04-08 Provider: ViewImages Keywords: Horizontal, Strategy, Males, Black And White, UK, England, Architecture and Art, Architectural Feature, Window, Statue, Street, Store, Law, Arts Culture and Entertainment,

Bologna University

circa 1790: The University of Bologna, the oldest surviving university in the world. Dating back to the 14th century, its most illustrious alumni include Dante Alighieri, Petrarch and Torquato Tasso. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Published: 2004-03-15 Provider: ViewImages Keywords: Horizontal, Survival, Black And White, Geographical Locations, Italy, Architecture and Art, Education, Architectural Feature, Column, University, Arts Culture and Entertainment,

The Alamo

circa 1950: The Alamo, a former Franciscan mission in San Antonio, Texas and the setting for a famous Texan defeat by the Mexicans in 1836. During the Texan war of independence from Mexico, 187 Texans were besieged within the abandoned mission for six days - not a single man survived when the fort was finally breached. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

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