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Proto-Elamite mountain goat figurine, silver and gold, found in Iran, ~3000 BCE (media.kbin.social)
submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/HistoryArtifacts@kbin.social
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[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 4 months ago

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/155898

[-] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Incredible. I love the back leg being ‘drawn’ in. To think that so much incredibly old craft has been destroyed through greed or by fucking idiots like the current Islamic terrorists who destroy anything that they feel isn’t to their particular dogma.

[-] topherclay@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Neat, I'd walk around with that in my pocket and feel the weight of it from time to time.

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