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Artifacts

"Giants and big heads."

Museum of Popular Art and Traditions

Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.

Prognosticating devices, perhaps?

The Many Possible Uses For Scotland's Knobbly Orbs

We asked for your thoughts on the function of these mysterious relics, and boy did you deliver.

Christina Ayele Djossa May 25, 2018

The "Chalice".

New York, New York

Antioch Chalice

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

Have you ever received something from one of your heroes?

Did Your Childhood Hero Ever Write You Back?

We want to see the treasured letters or artifacts you've received from your idols!

Eric Grundhauser April 3, 2018

Gondolas and Piazzetta di San Marco, Venice, c. 1900.

The Quest to Find the Lost Column of Venice

Led by a pipe-smoking Venetian diver, an eclectic team is searching for a legendary monument.

Sarah Laskow and Vittoria Traverso March 7, 2018

A 19th-Century Chinese Hat Stand Spent 50 Years in Disguise as a Welsh Lamp

Chinese-porcelain expert Ivy Chan tells the story of a fancy incognito furnishing.

Ashawnta Jackson December 5, 2017

One side of the seal shows two nude lovers embracing.

Norwich, England

Balthild Seal Matrix

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

A visitor to the Louvre is tempted by Canaletto's 18th-century painting "The Rialto Bridge in Venice."

Why Can't People Stop Touching Museum Exhibits?

After years of watching, one researcher thinks she's got the answer.

Cara Giaimo November 10, 2017

English skipper Annie Gilbert found a basketball that had been out to sea for quite a while.

Found: A Barnacle-Covered Basketball Lost at Sea

Spalding, did you see Wilson out there?

Vittoria Traverso November 3, 2017

The oldest museum in Louisiana.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana’s Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.