This 19th-century Ottoman executioner's mask is terrifying. They chose deaf and mute men for the job so they could never whisper a single state secret or the final words of the condemned.
A rare 1,500-year-old "Solomon Amulet" found in Turkey showing King Solomon defeating a demon. Only two of these are known to exist—the other was found in Jerusalem.
Japanese artist Nagato Iwasaki creates these haunting life-sized figures using only driftwood. Imagine walking alone in a forest and stumbling upon one of these.