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An Old Copper Culture 'I-D'-style Spearpoint Recovered from Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Although it resembles Eurasian-style spearpoints, these were cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted. This style is thought to date between 4000-1000 B.C.E. based on similar finds.

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An Old Copper Culture 'I-D'-style Spearpoint Recovered from Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Although it resembles Eurasian-style spearpoints, these were cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted. This style is thought to date between 4000-1000 B.C.E. based on similar finds.

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An Old Copper Culture 'I-B'- or 'I-J'-style Spearhead Found Somewhere in Michigan. I-Bs and I-Js are thought to date between 4500-1000 B.C.E. Although resembling some Eurasian styles, this is from the Great Lakes region and was cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted

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An Old Copper Culture 'I-B'- or 'I-J'-style Spearhead Found Somewhere in Michigan. I-Bs and I-Js are thought to date between 4500-1000 B.C.E. Although resembling some Eurasian styles, this is from the Great Lakes region and was cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted

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An Old Copper Culture 'III-D'-style Crescent Knife/Ulu . Similar to Arctic ulus, these are thought to be food-processing knives; other styles are thought to be ornaments. This one is from Minnesota, and many have been found across the Great Lakes region

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An Old Copper Culture 'III-D'-style Crescent Knife/Ulu . Similar to Arctic ulus, these are thought to be food-processing knives; other styles are thought to be ornaments. This one is from Minnesota, and many have been found across the Great Lakes region

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17 Old Copper Culture "Spuds" from the Judge James R. Beer Private Collection. These are adze-like woodworking tools produced between 4500-1000 B.C.E. They were found throughout Wisconsin, and spuds have also been found in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and New York

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17 Old Copper Culture "Spuds" from the Judge James R. Beer Private Collection. These are adze-like woodworking tools produced between 4500-1000 B.C.E. They were found throughout Wisconsin, and spuds have also been found in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and New York

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An Old Copper Culture Spear found in Houghton County, Michigan, in 1872. It's 1.95ft long, weighs 3.5 pounds, has a rolled socket with two square rivet holes, and a bifacially beveled blade.

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An Old Copper Culture Spear found in Houghton County, Michigan, in 1872. It's 1.95ft long, weighs 3.5 pounds, has a rolled socket with two square rivet holes, and a bifacially beveled blade.

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Four Old Copper Culture Artifacts from the Winnipeg River Region of Manitoba, Canada. Many different Old Copper Culture artifacts have been found across southern Manitoba, including adzes, ulus, beads, and knives. Most date between 4000-1000 B.C.E.

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Four Old Copper Culture Artifacts from the Winnipeg River Region of Manitoba, Canada. Many different Old Copper Culture artifacts have been found across southern Manitoba, including adzes, ulus, beads, and knives. Most date between 4000-1000 B.C.E.

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An Old Copper Culture II-A dagger recovered several years ago by Harold Alanen from Ontario's Thunder Bay District. It's almost 23" long and about 1.4 lbs . It's currently the largest II-A known. ca. 4000-1000 B.C.E.

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An Old Copper Culture II-A dagger recovered several years ago by Harold Alanen from Ontario's Thunder Bay District. It's almost 23" long and about 1.4 lbs . It's currently the largest II-A known. ca. 4000-1000 B.C.E.

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The Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell is a bell shrine reliquary dated to c. 1094–1105 CE, and is made of bronze, silver, gold, glass and rock crystal. It contains a c. 500 iron hand-bell which survives, and is a highpoint of Irish metalwork from the late Insular and early Romanesque periods

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The Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell is a bell shrine reliquary dated to c. 1094–1105 CE, and is made of bronze, silver, gold, glass and rock crystal. It contains a c. 500 iron hand-bell which survives, and is a highpoint of Irish metalwork from the late Insular and early Romanesque periods

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All of the 17 known Olmec colossal heads discovered so far. The heads date from at least 900 BCE, and it is thought that they represent portraits of powerful individual Olmec rulers. The head, in the 1st picture, is the largest of them all, measuring 3.4 m in height and weighs 40 tons

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All of the 17 known Olmec colossal heads discovered so far. The heads date from at least 900 BCE, and it is thought that they represent portraits of powerful individual Olmec rulers. The head, in the 1st picture, is the largest of them all, measuring 3.4 m in height and weighs 40 tons

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A 2,500-year-old Persian Acinaces, one of the few remaining royal swords from the Achaemenid Empire in exceptional condition. Made of pure gold and related to the era of Darius the Great, it was discovered in Hamadan , and is housed at National Museum of Iran.

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A 2,500-year-old Persian Acinaces, one of the few remaining royal swords from the Achaemenid Empire in exceptional condition. Made of pure gold and related to the era of Darius the Great, it was discovered in Hamadan , and is housed at National Museum of Iran.

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The Treasure Foot of Basel Cathedral, dating to 1450, is an extraordinary reliquary crafted from silver, copper, gold, pearl, enamel, precious stones, and glass. It contains the bones of a child’s foot, traditionally associated with the massacre in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod.

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The Treasure Foot of Basel Cathedral, dating to 1450, is an extraordinary reliquary crafted from silver, copper, gold, pearl, enamel, precious stones, and glass. It contains the bones of a child’s foot, traditionally associated with the massacre in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod.

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The 24,000 years old remains of Mal'ta Boy, discovered in the 1920s in Siberia, Russia. The boy belonged to the population of Ancient North Eurasians, who were genetically intermediate between modern western Eurasians and Native Americans, but distant from east Asians

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The 24,000 years old remains of Mal'ta Boy, discovered in the 1920s in Siberia, Russia. The boy belonged to the population of Ancient North Eurasians, who were genetically intermediate between modern western Eurasians and Native Americans, but distant from east Asians

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Two 2×1×0.5 cm bird figurines carved in detail from mammoth ivory and thought to be 40,000 years old were recovered by a team from the University of Tübingen. They were found in the lower layers of the Aurignacian Paleolithic culture in Hohle Fels a UNESCO World Heritage Cave.

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Two 2×1×0.5 cm bird figurines carved in detail from mammoth ivory and thought to be 40,000 years old were recovered by a team from the University of Tübingen. They were found in the lower layers of the Aurignacian Paleolithic culture in Hohle Fels a UNESCO World Heritage Cave.

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