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Wunderkammer of TRUTH: A Visual Retrospective

Dive into the world of Wunderkammer of TRUTH - find out all about the truth.... or not!
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The GUM and the Botanical Garden are temporarily closed due to corona measures

The GUM (Ghent University Museum) and Ghent Botanical Garden have decided, following the Council of Ministers, to temporarily close their doors from Thursday 29...
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Eyetracker

Can somebody else identify a dancer’s mood merely by looking at their dance moves?
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Twin figure

An ere ibeji is a carved wooden figure of a twin who died in childhood.
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Measuring cylinder

Bakelite owed its enormous success to a combination of properties: it is chemically inert, an electrical insulator and heat resistant (up to more than 400°C).
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Cast of a horse’s cerebral arteries

Leonardo da Vinci invented this technique in order to be able to study anatomical structures, such as arteries, outside of the human body.
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Lavoisier-Laplace calorimeter

By measuring how much ice melted, Lavoisier was able to calculate how many calories the guinea pig was burning.
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The god K’awiil

This pot was a funerary offering. It was offered in the grave as a sign of veneration of the ancestors.
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Ifá divination bowl

Ifá refers to the mythical Orisha Ifa, the god of wisdom and intellectual development, who would predict the future.
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Simmental Cow

This Simmental cow is part of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s educational collection.
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