Fragment of the Face of a Queen, Egypt, ca. 1353-1336 B.C.E
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Neolithic spirit masks from Nahal Hemar, 7,000 B.C.E
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Aegis of Egyptian goddess Bastet. ca. 9th–8th cent B.C.
Mesopotamia, Nimrud, Ivory
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Stone mask from pre-ceramic neolithic period dates to 7000 BCE and probably the oldest mask in the world.
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Brassaï, Untitled (Face by Pablo Picasso), 1946
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Gabriel Orozco, Untitled, 2013
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Max Pam, Balancing rock, Mahabalipuram, India, 1972
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Electron micrograph of fully melted micrometeorites
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Stone Salagrama, Narmada Valley, India
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Constantin Brâncuși, Tête (ébauche)
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Sarcophagus mask, Egypt, 2nd century CE.
Face of a young woman.
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Gutzon Borglum, Repairing the Face of Abraham Lincoln, Mount Rushmore, June 1962
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In the miasma of political drama that takes up so much of my feed, images like this stand out as welcome reminders of the better angels of our collective nature. Thank you.
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