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A tattooed human skin depicting a scene from the Japanese play "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees". This skin was removed from a man, who died around 1930, by the Japanese physician Fukushi Masaichi who was the founder of a collection of tattoos taken from the dead [1285x2846]
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A tattooed human skin depicting a scene from the Japanese play "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees". This skin was removed from a man, who died around 1930, by the Japanese physician Fukushi Masaichi who was the founder of a collection of tattoos taken from the dead [1285x2846]

u/Fuckoff555 — 14 hours ago
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A Mamluk gilded and enamelled glass footed bowl. Probably from Syria, 14th century CE, sold recently at Christie's [2132x3700]

u/Fuckoff555 — 15 hours ago
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A Daunian painted, one-handled ceramic cup or ladle from Foggia in Italy. 6th century BCE, now housed at the Civic Museum of Foggia [1163x1527]

u/Fuckoff555 — 15 hours ago
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A Japanese ivory netsuke with rabbit and mortar design. Edo Period, 18th century CE, now housed at the Tokyo National Museum [1102x1086]

u/Fuckoff555 — 1 day ago
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The reliquary of the tooth of Saint John the Baptist, 9th century CE, made of gold and precious stones, now housed at the Museum and Treasury of Monza Cathedral in Italy [952x1150]

u/Fuckoff555 — 1 day ago
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A bronze sculpture of the walking Buddha with his right hand in the gesture of reassurance (abhayamudra). 14th century CE, Sukhothai period, now housed at the Bangkok National Museum [2776x5826]

u/Fuckoff555 — 1 day ago
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A bow fibula found in Wittislingen, Germany, and made of silver, gold, niello, garnet and glass. With a length of almost 16 cm, it's one of the largest exemplars of this early medieval group of finds and one of the most richly decorated. 600-650 CE, Bavarian State Archaeological Collection [560x998]

u/Fuckoff555 — 1 day ago
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A mid 18th century CE desk and bookcase from Mexico, made of inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, and metal hardware. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston [2316x1708]

u/Fuckoff555 — 9 days ago
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The elongated skull of a woman, excavated from the 5th century CE cemetery of Dully in Switzerland. And in the bottom picture, a facial reconstruction made by Philippe Froesch, based on 3D modeling of the deformed skull [800x1272]

u/Fuckoff555 — 11 days ago
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A large brass astrolabe commissioned for the Mughal nobleman Aqa Afzal, and made by Qaim Muhammad and Muhammad Muqim in 1612 CE. Sold at Sotheby's last week [4096x5510]

u/Fuckoff555 — 11 days ago
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The painted sculptures of the 28 Mansions of the Chinese constellations system, located at the Jade Emperor Temple in Jincheng. These statues, dating back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 CE), showcase vivid and lively depictions that reflect the style of Taoist sculptures at that time [2142x3219]

u/Fuckoff555 — 11 days ago
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This artifact from a Hopewell mound serves as a testament to the culture's vast influence. Made of copper mined in Michigan, it’s shaped like a horn of a sheep not found in Ohio or Michigan but native to Wyoming, far from the southern Ohio mounds where it was found. 200 BCE-500 CE [828x742]

u/Comfortable_Cut5796 — 10 days ago