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		chmod775 on Oct 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3k-Year-Old Golden Bowl Adorned with Sun Motif Fou... Looks like time wasn't too kind to it. I wonder what it would have looked like 3,000 years ago - how precise the original craftsmanship was.

jacquesm on Oct 19, 2021 [–]

Looking at it with the eye of someone who did a lot of metal working: the driving of the sheet was done expertly and given how old it is what amazes me is how well some of the detail stands out and how detailed it is. What an amazing object.

ncmncm on Oct 19, 2021 | [–]

It must have been glorious.

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