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| Buddhas and other statuary grace the entry lawn at the Gyeongju National Museum.
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| These artifacts look like cane tips. S has been in need of a new one. The horses are belt buckles.
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| Names of the parts of horse gear. On "Don Quixote."
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| I bought a copy of "Don Quixote," national treasure #91.
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| Chopsticks date back at least a thousand years.
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| The weights are old, the net is modern.
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| There is a hen or an egg in every tale of the founding of Shilla.
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| Dragon pot.
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| Lots of pots.
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| Pot decorated with animals and perhaps two humans.
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| Ash burial containers.
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| Armor for horse and rider. Nicely displayed.
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| The Shilla Kingdom achieved high delicacy in its gold and gilded bronze work.
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| A television showed what Anapji might have looked like in its original setting.
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| Buddha ears and other bits recovered from Anapji Pond.
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| A stove top constructed of pottery.
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| Anapji Hall has this innovative--and yet treacherous--solution to combining steps and a wheelchair ramp.
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| The pond preserved wood remarkably well. This piece is part of a typical Asian roof system built like a Calder stabile.
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| Among the many ceramic roof tile ends are these reminescent of Pennsylvania Dutch.
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| Sculpture, a lantern, and a pagoda displayed outside the Hall of Fine (Shilla) Arts.
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| Trevor echoes the curve of the roof beam ending piece.
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| The Hilton buffet chef is eager to please whe you want a serving, but disinterested in being part of a picture.
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| Dessert. Ice cream was off on the side.
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| Many enjoyed boating on Bomun lake, in front of the Hilton.
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| Tiles we cycled over. Dozens of patterns are possible all with the one single basic tile.
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