Natural History Artifacts

Displays of natural artifacts including animal skulls and ancient carvings, highlighting the intersection of history and nature.

Africa, Togo. Lome Voodoo Fetish Market. Local market where animal bone, skin, and body parts are used in voodoo rituals. Turtle skull.

Germany, Arrow sign

Elk203-3091 Canada, British Columbia, Historic Hat Creek Ranch, cow skull

British museum British museum, London, England, Great Britain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21633113

Africa, Togo. Lome Voodoo Fetish Market. Local market where animal bone, skin, and body parts are used in voodoo rituals. Turtle skull.

Hand holding model airplane beside globe and American dollars

Europe, Lithuania, Vilnius

Paris, France, Ile-de-France, bones and skulls in the Catacombs, the mass underground graveyard of Paris in Montparnasse

Roller corroded by pholades bivalves perforating France

Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park. Spruce Tree House ruins, Anasazi pottery shards, grindstone, rattlesnake rattler.

Rust, iron or bolts with old machine or metal damage of antique or dirty equipment for repair. Screw, tools or worn objects for restoration, engineering or rustic fix with corrosion or chemical oxide

ABRIGO DE LA ENFERMERIA I (109/3-1R): DETALLE SECTOR A: FIGURAS 11, 12, 13 Y 14.

Rust, iron or bolts with old machinery of metal damage, antique or dirty equipment for repair. Screw, tools or worn objects for restoration, engineering or rustic fix with corrosion or chemical oxide

HUESO ENCONTRADO EN EXCAVACIONES ARQUEOLOGICAS. Location: EXTERIOR. MONTE ALEGRE. PALENCIA. SPAIN.

German trench-mortar bomb German trench-mortar bomb water-drop shaped mortar projectile during the second world war. Unexploded mine intact bomb case on the shore of the lake where the fighting took place Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 20842772

very old horse saddle on sand beach

Rusty cogwheel

Fire pit Close up shot of fire pit remains Copyright: xZoonar.com/Baloncicix 7310027

Burned incense sticks

Skull and bones in ancient ossuary, Naples

Blue Topaz, silicate.

North America, Mexico, Chiapas, Metzabok, Selva Lacandona. Incense-stained "god-pots" in the sacred cave shrines of Metzabok.

Votive offerings on gravestone 1900, Israel

cimitero delle Fontanelle, Fontanel cemetery, in Naples, Italy

Fragment 13th century Crusader. Fragment 475373

ancient bronze faucet and old wall

A reddish sea sponge, vase sponge (Haplosclerida) on the seabed with beige elements. Dive site Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

driftwood and plastic lid on a beach

Lead pipe joints, from the Roman city of Bath in England. Wouldve originally been mined in the Mendip hills by slaves. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.

Plantation of ginger in pot in a garden

Close up of rocks frozen in Moose Creek, near Sutton, Southcentral, Alaska, Winter

Skull and bones in ancient ossuary, Naples

North America, Mexico, Chiapas, Metzabok, Selva Lacandona. Incense-stained "god-pots" in the sacred cave shrines of Metzabok.

Mali, Timbuktu. Traditional Tuareg leather sandals.

Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia, Society Islands, Raiatea. Fish worship object at Taputapuatea Marae, once considered the central temple and religious center of Eastern Polynesia.

Stones from a torn house in a rubble container. Stones from a torn house in a rubble container.

Old rusty horseshoes hang on a pole. Iceland

Snake representation on a step in the ruins of Chavin de Huantar, Unesco World Heritage Site, near Huaraz, Ancash Region, Peru, South America

A old discarded guitar in overgrown grass, telling a story of decay and neglect, in South Korea

Blue spiky shell on driftwood blue spiky shell on driftwood copyright: xzoonar.com/serhiixzarevx 22675069

male hand holding a crystal ball lens man hand holding a crystal ball lens Copyright: xZoonar.com/SofiiaxPotaninax 21378423

Close up of rustic old door in Sicily - Italy.

France, Paris, Defense, Follow-Up Of Building Site For Vinci

Staircase made of granite

New Caledonia, Northern Grande Terre Island, Pouebo. Kanak stone carvings for sale by the roadside.

Grimes Graves ( flint mines not burials) Norfolk, Neolithic.

Wood Model of Woman Grinding Corn, Egyptian Tomb Finding, c1900 BC. Artist: Unknown.

Dead skull from the Roman museum, Seebruck on Chiemsee, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Old broken garden gnome laying in the sand

Old wooden coffins in the Sumaging cave, Sagada, Luzon, Philippines

Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic museum display of various artifacts such as stone hammer heads, knife blades, shell bowl and clay pottery 1000-1500 A.D. Cartersville, Georgia

hypogeum, Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, World Heritage Site "Ibiza, biodiversity and culture", Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Aerial view of a thatched roof hut displaying a blend of golden and dark brown hues, standing out against the light sandy ground, Andoni, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Rusty canned food discarded many years ago a rusty tin can Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 7124485

Vilnius. The crown of the Queen El In the crypt of the Vilnius cathedral; Bu Hak, Jan (1876-1950); 1931 (1931-00-00-1931-00-00);Vilnius (Lithuania)

Mexico, Chiapas, Ocosingo, Yaxchilan Mayan Ruins. Circular carved sacrificial stone

sculpted foot, Monographic Museum of Pollentia, Alcudia, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

MOLINO DE HARINA. Location: GRUNDMUEHLE. Xauen.

Flotsam, Detail, Rügen, Granite, Alluvial wood

RUEDAS DE MOLINO - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: EXTERIOR. CAFARNAUM. ISRAEL.

Macro Fossiles Kasbah, Sahara factory, Erfoud, Errachidia, Morocco

Libya, Nalut, old jars embedded in rock

Excavated terracotta exhibits, Han Yang Ling Museum, Zhangjiawan, near Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Inkstand/ Pen Tray/ Pen Holder, 1840-60. Carved by William Gibbs Rogers. Social History - Pinto Collection - Purchased from Edward H Pinto, 1965.. This ink stand was carved by William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) for the Great Exhibition of 1851. He has used lime wood, which is soft and easy to carve. Rogers was one of the most prominent wood carvers in Victorian England. His work can be seen in a number of churches and public buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral and the House of Lords. .

Beryl, from Habach

Bohemian truffle, common pea stray brownish pear-shaped fruiting body

Felsblock mit anthropomorpher Figur mit dreieckigem Kopf Felsblock mit anthropomorpher Figur mit dreieckigem Kopf Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22556636

A jade roller over autumnal leaves mockup with copy space

SARCOFAGO - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: EXTERIOR. MENFIS. EGYPT.

WC, underwater toilet in a shipwreck, Le Donator wreck dive site, Giens Peninsula, Mediterranean Sea, Porquerolles, Provence, Côte d'Azur, France

Close up of old rugby ball

Sweden, Stockholm, reconstruction of Neolithic settlement with Mortar, wheat and hazelnuts, discovered south of Swedish coast

Stone, flotsam and jetsam, still life

PILAS DE PIEDRA EN EL LAVADERO DE PINA. Location: LAVADERO. Pina. MALLORCA. SPAIN.

EXCAVACION EN EL YACIMIENTO IBERICO DE LOS CANONIGOS. TUMBAS IBERICAS. ESCANEO DE LA ZONA. YACIMIENTO AFECTADO POR LA TRAZA DEL AVE MADRID-ALICANTE.

Ships bell on an unknown wreck, Oland, Sweden.

Dumortierite on beach

USA, New York, Adirondack Mountains, Ticonderoga, Fort Ticonderoga, canons

Canada, British Columbia, Britannia Beach, British Columbia Museum of Mining, historic Copper Mill Number 3, ore samples

Skull in a charnel house

Ammonite and belemnite fossils, southern Morocco, Morocco, Maghreb, North Africa, Africa

Viking age. Shoes of soft leather. Viking Ship Museum. Oslo. Norway.

Clay red dried soil with tractor tires footprint

Sea-shells and pottery shards at pre-Spanish Mahos village, Poblado de la Atalayita, Pozo Negro, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Dried tobacco Nicotiana leaves ready for wholesale, Gujarat, India, Asia

Detail of a colorful tile at Tsala Treetop Lodge, near Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route, Western Cape South Africa

Rubble on Floor

From Caves of Balzi Rossi, Barma Grande Cave, Triple burial of Cro-Magnon type skeleton, detail of funerary objects

Skull of mammoth, Viminacium, a Roman town and encampment, Kostolac, Serbia

Human skulls and bones

A description board for the trails in Tucson, Arizona

driftwood and plastic lid on a beach

Turquoise on beach

Sand and paper. Sand and paper. Studio shots

Quesera. Museu Català de les Arts i Tradicions Populars.

torn sock on a dirty leg. I took off my shoes. A torn sock on a dirty leg. I took off my shoes. Copyright: xZoonar.com/NikolayxZirovx 16716127

museo arqueologico y de historia de Elche Alejandro Ramos Folqués, Elche, Alicante, comunidad Valenciana, Spain, Europe.

Case (Inrō) with Design of Butterflies in Flight 19th century Japan. Case (Inrō) with Design of Butterflies in Flight 58736

Halloween concept object isolated on black background

Ossuary, Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Europe

Crystals, the Setesdal Mineral Park, Kristiansand, Norway, 2009.

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