"You And I Are Earth”, 1661, Creator unknown. Found in a London sewer. Tin-glazed earthenware plate, Collection of the Museum of London.
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three small terracotta ducks, Cyprus 600BC-500BC.
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shell necklace made of river mussels
stroked pottery culture, 4800-4400 BC
found in Šárka, Czech Republic
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A small stone birrin figure found in the ashes of a sacked mining camp, along with some other... curiosities. For the book project Two Sky River.
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a series of 11th-century crystal chess pieces from the museo da catedral in ourense, spain .
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Gold-silver Sea Unicorn sculpture
Elias Geyer — 17th Century
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A Yiddish Typewriter which belonged to the playwright Abish Meisels • Jewish Museum London
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Luxury Lacquered Coffin of Marquis Yi: Largest in History
The coffin of the Warring States period was unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (曾侯乙) in Leigudun (擂鼓墩), Suizhou, Hubei, in 1978.
The outer coffin is 3.2 meters long, 2.1 meters wide, 2.2 meters high, and weighs about 7 tons. It is composed of 10 copper columns embedded within 10 wooden boards of the same height. The painting on the surface of one of the coffins depicts weird and armed anthro-zoomorphic beings.
Displayed in Hubei Provincial Museum (湖北省博物馆).
Photo: ©喵星人的小姐
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Anatolian-crystal-figurine-Hittite-1500-BCE
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Sea encrusted amphora necklace
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A 1960s salesman sample swimming pool with case.
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This first- or second-century glass statuette of Venus has very thick weathering layers which have been lost in some areas.
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Illustration of a skull
Wellcome collection
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