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Unearth the #Cairo Toe! 🦶 Dating back to 950-710 BCE, this wooden prosthetic toe from ancient #Egypt, now in the British Museum, reflects remarkable innovation. More than art, it's functional, enhancing mobility. A testament to resilience through the ages.

Original: https://mstdn.science/@furqanshah/111051554688611414

A 3D recreation of the capital of the Aztec empire, with comparisons with modern day Mexico City.

When you think of animation, do you think of modern technology and computers? What if we showed you an animation dating back 14,000 years?

Discovered in 1868 in France's Laugerie-Basse rock shelter, this tiny (only 3.1 cm) bone disc is like a prehistoric 'gif'!

There is a mountain goat drawing on both sides of the disc and a hole in the middle. When you quickly turn the disc, it creates an optical illusion as if the goat is moving, due to the perfect proportions of the drawings and the alignment of the ridge lines.

Here is a primitive but impressive predecessor of modern animation.

Prehistoric #baby bottles: marvellous feeding vessels in the shape of #animals from Vösendorf and Oberleis, Austria, dating 1200-800 BC. Baby bottles in the shape of animals are common in late Bronze and early Iron Age Europe.

Photo: Wien Museum

Original: https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger/110898039703393391

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