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For Sale: A Bison's Skull Straight From the Ice Age

The safe way to encounter horns this big.
Isaac Schultz August 2, 2019
The Ambassadors by Holbein the younger.
London, England

'The Ambassadors'

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.
Williamsburg, Virginia

The Archaearium

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
The rabbit skull relief.
Palenque, Mexico

Rabbit Skull Relief

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.
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Skull-Shaped Beer Steins Were Once Popular Graduation Gifts

They were part of a broader wave of adventurous stein-craft.
Matthew Taub May 3, 2019
The auroch's skull on display at the Museum of London.
London, England

The Aurochs Skull

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
The mosaic votive skull.
Mexico City, Mexico

Mosaic Votive Skull

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.
Walbrook Stream Skulls and assorted pagan votive figures.
London, England

Walbrook Skulls

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.
Skulls on the wooden door.
Matera, Italy

Chiesa del Purgatorio

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.
Lion skull.
London, England

Tower of London Barbary Lion Skulls

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.
A most modern <em>Mongolanthropus</em>.
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This Skull Is Both Older and More Modern Than We Thought

Mongolanthropus was one of us.
Matthew Taub January 31, 2019
Disk of death on display at the museum.
Mexico City, Mexico

Disk of Death

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.
Gastro Obscura

Mari Lwyd

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.
We now know what the missing teeth would have looked like at the front of this jaw.
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We Always Thought This Dinosaur Was a Vegetarian, Then We Found Its Front Teeth

A sharp surprise from Montana's Hell Creek.
Matthew Taub October 26, 2018
The skull rack of the Great Temple.
Mexico City, Mexico

Skull Rack of the Great Temple

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.
Treats on display at La Gran Fama.
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Tasting the History of Puebla’s Calle de los Dulces

One of Mexico's most fascinating streets for candies has ties to Emiliano Zapata.
Mark Oprea September 12, 2018
The monument in front of the Civic Center.
Kabwe, Zambia

'Broken Hill Man' Monument

The skull of an ancient hominid was discovered at this spot.
Bruges, Belgium

Smedenpoort Skull

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.