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Pebbles, faces and landscapes: the archaeology of simulacra

Chichibu museum (photo: www.thisiscolossal.com) Several weeks ago I stumbled upon an amusing article on a museum displaying pebbles and rocks resembling human faces, situated in Chichibu, Japan. The stones are called jinmenseki (珍石) and one should be able to recognise human faces in their naturally occurring dents and holes. The founder of the museum, Shozo […]

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