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 Posted 02/28/2015  09:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice and indeed, as you say, "a thing of beauty" despite the fact that it is based on the form of a dung beetle. The impression is great...I'm glad you included that here.
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for the Egyptians the dung beetle was a god , he was the beginning and is often represented pushing a sunglobe ,the verb kheper means to become . albert
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very interesting artifacts, I only have an 18th century map of france so I cant contribute to this topic!
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Here is some hair from a Woolly Mammoth (Siberia) that is 40,000 years old.



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I hope that no one minds me resurrecting this old thread, as it has some really nice and unusual items.

Here are a couple of curios in my collection.
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A Roman bronze ring seal of a galley.
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Sasanian dome seal of agate. (male bust left with script) 26mm x 17mm
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And a small glass Roman bottle found in England.
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Thanks for reviving this old thread, Jim!
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