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A Mosaic from Britain of Romulus, Remus and the She-wolf. The mosaicist however can only do horses [400 x 400]

Source: https://reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/fpkub0/a_mosaic_from_britain_of_romulus_remus_and_the/

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Female idol - Early Cycladic

2700 - 2300 BC

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Jaguar incense burner found in a shaft tomb burial. Mascota, Jalisco. Middle Formative period (800 B.C.) [284x394]

Source: https://reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/cp48ru/jaguar_incense_burner_found_in_a_shaft_tomb/

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Since I’m a giant Classics nerd I made some Greek pottery inspired Easter eggs

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Wedding coat, Leni Lenape (Native American), circa 1890 [954x1372]

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Eharo mask worn during ritual dances before formal sacred rituals from the Elema culture of Papua New Guinea, c. 1800-1882. Made of hammered bark, rattan, and vegetable fiber. [4355x4355]

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The oldest known globe to depict the Americas, made on the lower halves of two ostrich eggs. Made in 1504 [1507x3041]

SWITCH TO FIREFOX AND ADD UBLOCK ORIGIN

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A.F. Vandevorst installation for Arnhem Mode Biennale 2011

“A girl sleeping in a hospital bed in her A.F. Vandevorst dress. But here, the girl as well as the mattress and pillow are made out of candle wax. Once lit, what starts as a perfect image will slowly melt and perish during the biennale.”

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Bone inlaid, wheellock rifle from Bohemia, dated 1678.

from Hermann Historica

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A handbill showcasing American Jack, the Frog Man, 1888 from the Wellcome Museum 

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Chicken Pox embroidery by Embroodery

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Skull of a cow with ‘lump jaw’. A bacteria naturally occuring in the cow’s mouth gets into the facial tissues through a small cut then invades the bone, causing weird growths. Photo by Laura Keller.

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The Silver Swan, built by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox, 1773.

Source: Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams (BBC)

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A 1500 lb tricycle that needed eight men to operate it. It was peddled around for about 125 miles in the Boston area. I am unsure why it was built except that someone decided that they could. This illustration is from the November 11, 1896 issue of Scientific American.

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Dark Opossum Mug

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Fragments of various glass eyes

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Art Nouveau horn combs, sparrow motif - skeleton Creative Museum