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THE SHIGIR IDOL
This wooden figurative statue with a number of mask-like faces was carved thousands of years ago, and preserved for millennia in the acidic, antimicrobial environment of the Shigir peat bog in the Ural Mountains in Russia. New dating techniques place the statue at nearly 12,000 years old.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-oldest-known-wooden-statue-is-even-older-than-we-thought
4000 Year Old Ancient Erotica
Museums are often misconstrued as dusty and lifeless — the least likely place to find something hot and steamy. But the Ancient Near East section in The Israel Museum’s Archaeology Wing features rare erotic art from the land between the rivers (Tigris and Euphrates), which predates India’s Kama Sutra by over 1,500 years.
14 Terrifying Japanese Monsters, Myths, and Spirits
The Japanese are very much into their spirits. There are hundreds of them, many harmless, many tragic, and more than a few just mischievous. There actually aren’t too many evil spirits wandering the country… but there are a few, and you don’t want to mess with any of them. Here are 14 reasons to avoid Japanese relationships, Japanese bathrooms, Japanese babies and pretty much the entirety of Japan.
Haunting Victorian Era Photos of Dearly Departed
These remarkable pictures show the morbid way that the deceased were remembered in the late 19th century.
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