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Ancient Roman bronze shaving razor (1st-2nd century AD)

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During the construction of a new store in Dublin in 2013, the crew discovered the ruins of a historic Viking well dating back to the 11th century. This discovery sparked excitement in the archaeological community. The well is a significant find as it provides a glimpse into the Viking era and the history of Dublin. It's a testament to the city's rich past and the Viking influence on its development. The well is now preserved and can be viewed through a glass section of the floor in the store, offering shoppers a unique glimpse into the city's Viking history. Read more: https://thetravelbible.com/top-viking-artifacts-found/

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A flintlock rifle with a twisted barrel and heart shaped bore from 1765, formerly owned by George IV, now part of the Royal Collection Trust

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Stone cooking supports used to grill skewers of meat by Minoans on Santorini, circa 3600 years old. The line of holes in the base supplied coals with oxygen. Many consider modern "souvlaki" street kebabs a direct descendant of this portable food system. Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Greece. More: https://thetravelbible.com/museum-of-artifacts/

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In 1731 King Frederick I of Sweden was gifted a lion, one of the first lions in Scandinavia. When the lion died shortly after, it was given to a taxidermist and this was the end product.

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The “Elephant's Foot” in Chernobyl - the most dangerous artifact on Earth. Will remain so for the next 100,00 years. 300 seconds of exposure and you will be dead in 2 days. More ➡️ https://thetravelbible.com/museum-of-artifacts/

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The door to the dining area of the Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal was made narrow so that monks who got too fat were forced to go into fasting. XII century

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The earliest depiction of Jesus, engraved by someone mocking their friend for believing in him, giving him a donkey head ~200AD

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Face of a man who died in 1361 during the Battle of Visby in Swedeп, one of the wildest of Eυrope.

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An Illustration of a longsword technique from the Codex Wallerstein, a 16th-century convolution of three 15th-century fechtbuch (combat manual) manuscripts, with a total of 221 pages. The codex is now housed at the Augsburg University library in Germany

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The Utroba Cave, in Bulgaria, is a natural horizontal fissure in a rock that has been further cut and shaped by human hands more than 3000 years ago to resemble a womb. At midday, light seeps into the cave through an opening in the ceiling, projecting an image of a phallus on to the floor

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A Neanderthal footprint preserved in the sediments of the Grotte di Toirano, Liguria, Italy. The last Neanderthals left the stage around 40,000 years ago.

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Chauvet horse beautifully observed over 30,000 years ago created by lamplight from memory with fingers and rudimentary art kit on a limestone cavern wall deep underground

Horse taken with a digital camera on auto in the sunshine

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This cave painting depicting a battle scene from Sefar, in Algeria, is one of the earliest examples of depictions of violence in the world. It shows 24 men on the left-hand side fighting 13 people on the right-hand side with bows and arrows and, in one case an axe. 5000-3500 BC

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Roman rock-crystal icosahedron (20-sided dice) used in fortune-telling. Each face has a Latin letter on it and a corresponding Roman numeral, then matched with pre-prepared oracle answers in a divination handbook. Currently at the Louvre.

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An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. The didlo was hidden in the seat of a Louis XV armchair found in a convent near Paris. Now housed at the Science Museum in London

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🔸A Snake Sculpture (6th-11th Century AD), from U Thong District in Thailand.

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