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Ancient art on display

Wed, 2013-01-23 08:06 -- John Hawks

The Observer has a slideshow of some of the "Ice Age Art" pieces being displayed in a temporary exhibition at the British Museum: "Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind – in pictures".

The collection includes the Dolni Vestonice venus and one of the Vogelherd mammoths. The exhibition begins next month.

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