artifact
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This has turned sea silk into a historical artifact rather than a living craft, with only tiny amounts produced today by a small number of artisans.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026
“It’s like a cursed artifact that gives you great power to keep up with what’s going on, but at the cost of subtly corrupting your soul,” said the 38-year-old Providence College economics professor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Over time, the journal becomes more than notes: it’s a map of your palate and a small artifact of your growth in the kitchen.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
At the Final Paleolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim in Germany, researchers from Aarhus University identified faint blue traces on a stone artifact that dates to roughly 13,000 years ago.
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025
What we do know is that aside from the thrill of discovery that the recovery of each artifact brought with it, the raising of the Mary Rose was an extraordinary adventure.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
