5 Insanely Weird Works of Ancient Art

The stuff they didn’t show you in art history class…

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The stuff they didn’t teach you in art history class. The 5 strangest, most amazing works of ancient art ever discovered, including the Japanese Fart Scrolls (He-Gassen), the Massa Marittima mural and its tree of rather unique fruit, medieval marginalia, the bisj poles of New Guinea’s Asmat people, and the weird and wonderful illustrations of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Netherlandish Proverbs.

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• Japanese Fart Scrolls: http://dailym.ai/1iw5yec
• Phallus Tree Mural: http://bit.ly/1jjfURB
• Medieval Marginalia: http://bit.ly/1fMePhM
• Bisj Pole: http://bit.ly/1fYTCAQ
• Netherlandish Proverbs: http://bit.ly/1buUSYe

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