artifact
Example Sentences
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It was purchased in Egypt by Henry Abbott, who undoubtedly displayed it among more than 1,000 artifacts in New York, in 1853, in the first major exhibition of ancient Egyptian art in the U.S.
"At first we assumed it was a measurement artifact or some kind of interference," recalls Schultheiß.
From Science Daily
One pathway toward restorative justice, he said, is that "all the looted artifacts are returned to the motherland."
From Barron's
If a viewer tunes in to a show about Egyptian archaeology and the artifacts of antiquity, he or she is likely already deeply interested, so the cheerleading is unnecessary.
He reached into his breast pocket and produced a plain envelope, soiled around the edges, and held it out to me reverentially, as if it was an important artifact.
From Literature
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