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Vounous Bowl: A 4,000-year-old basin holding 4 miniature cows and 18 people -- that was buried for mysterious reasons in a Bronze Age tomb in Cyprus
Live Science ^ | July 21, 2025 | Kristina Killgrove

Posted on 09/08/2025 11:33:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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The "Vounous Bowl" (ca. 2025–1850 BCE) is a prehistoric Bronze Age vessel from the cemetery at Bellapais Vounous in Cyprus, modeled to depict what is commonly interpreted as people engaged in ritual activities in front of a shrine. Now housed at the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia [500x764]
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1 posted on 09/08/2025 11:33:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 09/08/2025 11:34:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Early method of photography..................


3 posted on 09/08/2025 11:36:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

Early method of photography..................


4 posted on 09/08/2025 11:36:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SunkenCiv
Or it might have been a model that the architect was showing to the client.
5 posted on 09/08/2025 11:36:36 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I take it that it’s made of bronze. Is that right?


6 posted on 09/08/2025 11:42:36 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Nope, ceramic.


7 posted on 09/08/2025 11:44:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Steely Tom

Clay.


8 posted on 09/08/2025 11:44:17 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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It might be fun to market reproductions (minus the ‘doorway’ hole) as toney kids’ breakfast cereal bowls.


9 posted on 09/08/2025 11:45:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

THAT IS PRETTY INTRICATE!!!!


10 posted on 09/08/2025 11:47:23 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: SunkenCiv

They would get a laugh out of the guy that looks like he is taking a leak on the lady’s shoes.


11 posted on 09/08/2025 12:13:52 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s a doll house. Even my cat can figure this one out.


12 posted on 09/08/2025 12:15:12 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: SunkenCiv

A toy?


13 posted on 09/08/2025 12:16:10 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: SunkenCiv

Why the long faces ... I mean necks ... aliens?


14 posted on 09/08/2025 12:38:18 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: SunkenCiv
An early manger creche scene with the baby Jesus.

15 posted on 09/08/2025 12:54:25 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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An early manger creche scene with the baby Jesus.

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This is prehistoric and way before Jesus.


16 posted on 09/08/2025 1:13:15 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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Nothing can be earlier than Jesus who is eternally begotten.

17 posted on 09/08/2025 1:16:31 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: SunkenCiv

Some ET’s doing a cattle roundup.


18 posted on 09/08/2025 1:20:10 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

You were wrong and are incapable of manning up to it.


19 posted on 09/08/2025 2:15:32 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Since the alphabet hadn't been invented yet, maybe this is a recipe?

Add a few veggies and it's cannibal stew!

20 posted on 09/08/2025 5:18:25 PM PDT by ZOOKER
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