The Yorkshire Museum kicked off the usual Friday's Curator's Battle with a picture of a hair bun from the burial of a Roman woman in the third or fourth century, with the hair clips still in place.
It has been engaged with online more than 220,000 times, with museums from all around the world responding with their own "treasures".
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#1 The Yorkshire Museum Started Showing Off Their 3rd/4th Century Hair Bun From The Burial Of A Roman Lady, Still With The Jet Pins In Place
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#2 The National Museums Scotland Raised To The Challenge With Their Lovely Mermaid
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#3 Ashmolean Museum's Carved Pendant With A Dead Man's Face On One Side And A Decaying Skull With Worms And Other Creatures On The Reverse
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#6 An Iron Mask That Was Displayed In The Tower Of London As An Excecutioner's Mask
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#10 Japanese Ukiyo-E(Woodblock Prints) From @ukiyoeota Collections? This Black Creepy Monster Is Biting Off Woman's Hair!
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#11 Split Head Of Vampire Of Dusseldorf
If you think this exhibit isn't creepy enough, wait till you hear his famous quote:
"After my head has been chopped off, will I be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from my neck? That would be the best pleasure to end all pleasures."
After his death, his head has been split to study his evil brain.
"After my head has been chopped off, will I be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from my neck? That would be the best pleasure to end all pleasures."
After his death, his head has been split to study his evil brain.
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#16 Severed Lower Leg By Kerry Jameson Has Sprouted Its Own Legs And A Rather Beastly Head
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#19 York Castle Museum's Victorian Crab’s Legs And Claws Models Of Gold Miners Hauling Gold Nuggets
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