The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century ...
A turquoise-encrusted wooden mask from the Aztec civilization Where it is from: Somewhere in Mesoamerica When it was made: Between 1400 and 1521 Related: Book of Kells: A 1,200-year-old manuscript ...
The mask was uncovered in flood sediment 2.9 meters beneath the ground surface. Part of a wooden water bucket and a hoe-shaped wooden object charred in a fire were found alongside it.