artifact
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And then there was MapQuest — another artifact safely filed away in the same early-2000s drawer as Freedom Fries — which announced, simply, “We’re not changing it.”
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Damage and deformation on the artifact suggest that the bone was still relatively fresh when it was shaped and used.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Two more friends die in battle during the 1948 war, and over time the once-close relationship between the surviving two becomes a lifeless artifact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Penner, the library's curator of African and Near Eastern Manuscripts, said the actors had been excited to see the text, with Holland being "super interested" in the artifact.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Initiates were required to swear an oath upon an emerald said to have been pried from the brow of a fallen angel, and when presented with this artifact, Thyon laughed.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The Templo Mayor Museum, which displays artifacts found at the site, reveals their genius for engineering, herbal medicine and astronomy, as well as their artistic skills, including stone sculptures, exquisite ceramics and delicate jewelry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Using geometric and statistical techniques that had not previously been applied to these artifacts, the team reconstructed the directions, angles, and paths of the engraved lines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
"Israel feels responsible to look after the archaeology, the artifacts, the history of this land," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The artifacts from Sanxingdui, as the site is known, stirred questions that still perplex experts four decades later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
That’s just one of more than 1.8 million artifacts at the museum!
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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