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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Geberi Philosophi

The cover of Geberi Philosophi ac Alchimistae Maximi, de Alchimia Libri Tres, 1529. The books are the work of early Arab alchemist Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan, or Geber. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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