The Post Quiz: Artful Artefacts

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What objects do you treasure? Here are some from around the world.

The Post Quiz: Artful Artefacts

What do you collect? China? Action figures? Autographed photos of Jason Statham? Here are some collectibles from around the world. They are important to someone, don't mock. Match them to their photos and descriptions.

ObjectDescription
  1. Antikythera mechanism
  2. Baghdad battery
  3. George Washington's Bathtub
  4. Thomas Jefferson's polygraph
  5. Pillar of Delhi
  6. Bas-relief of Seti I
  7. Universalis Cosmographia
  8. Antarctic meteorite
  9. Shroud of Turin
  10. Hero of Alexandria's whatsit
  • World's oldest galvanic cell
  • 7-meter rust-resistant column
  • Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map
  • World's oldest analog computer
  • Mysterious burial cloth
  • Natural mineral spring
  • Early copy machine
  • Space rock
  • A water organ
  • A striking wall decoration
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