Images Dated 2nd September 2008

Chrysopoeia Of Cleopatra

Alchemical symbols from the Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra, an early Greek manuscript, circa 100 AD. On the lower left is an Ouroboros, a serpent eating its own tail, with the Greek inscription En to pan ('All is one'). The word chrysopoeia means literally gold-making, derived from the Greek. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Illustration of European Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) on riverbank looking at sliced apple at waters edge

Illustration of European Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) on riverbank looking at sliced apple at water's edge

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Alchemists Notebook

A page in Latin from An Alchemist's Notebook, showing how to make aurum potabile or drinkable gold, a mythical panacea, circa 1650. The figure of a woman holds up the words de duabus aquis facite unam ('from two liquids, create one'), which are also written in German across her middle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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