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MAG 54 Still Life
The Magnus Archives
The Oldest Taxidermy in the World
Daniel told me that I was sat among some of the oldest skin in the world. He pointed out gorilla skin from Carthage, brought by Hano in the 5th century BC. And it might just be the oldest piece of taxidermy in the world - to be honest I didn't believe him. Even if a gorilla's hide could be preserved for more than two millennia it seems an unlikely thing to be found in the back of a shop in Barnet. The whole place was so strange that part of me couldn't resist seeing how deep the rabbit hole went. So I opened the door. It did indeed have a flight of stairs disappearing down into what seems to be a basement.
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