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3 months ago

I Wouldn't Want To Come Across These In The Middle Of The Night, They Would Scare My Pants Off. Phoenicians/Carthaginians

I wouldn't want to come across these in the middle of the night, they would scare my pants off. Phoenicians/Carthaginians apparently thought so too because they placed these menacingly grinning masks inside their tombs to scare off evil spirits and guard against evil. These particular exemplars come from Tunisia, Spain, and Sardinia respectively.