Heads up… it's Fossil Friday! In this archival image, Museum preparators work on a trio of Tyrannosaur skulls. With 4-ft- (1.2-m-) long jaws and powerful bone-crushing teeth, T. rex was one of the largest and most fearsome carnivores of all time. In fact, this dinosaur could bite with about 7,800 pounds of force (34,500 N)—the equivalent to the weight of three cars! No living animal, and few extinct ones, could rival its bite.
Although Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the most renowned dinosaurs, few of the fossil specimens recovered by paleontologists are complete. The first partial T. rex skeleton was discovered by a curator from the Museum—the legendary Barnum Brown—and we have one of the few specimens of T. rex on public display! Fun fact: The Museum’s T. rex specimen, AMNH 5027, inspired the cover of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park.
Photo: Image no. 129039 © AMNH Library
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Dagger. 18th–19th century. Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31841
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-Entrance to the Village of Voisins, Yvelines-
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Extension (2016-2024) of the Archäologische Staatssammlung in Munich, Germany, by Nieto Sobejano. Photo by Roland Halbe.
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Danton, Camille Desmoulins and Robespierre - The Revolution section in the Wax figurine Grévin Museum in Paris
French vintage postcard
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-The Printing of the Bible of Kralice in Ivancice-
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-Autumn Vintage Festival-
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