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Jesus Carved in Salt

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“Intellectual passion dries out sensuality,” wrote Leonardo da Vinci. Someone took him literally — and carved this likeness of the Last Supper into the wall of a Polish salt mine.

September 27, 2005July 17, 2013 | Art · Oddities · Religion

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