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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2023)
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The Milan “mermaid”

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Nicolò Bagnasco
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6747-3329
CICAP, Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze, Padova, Italy.
Giorgio Bardelli
giorgio.bardelli@comune.milano.it
CICAP, Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze, Padova; Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, Italy.
Luigi Garlaschelli
CICAP, Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze, Padova, Italy.

An ancient false “mermaid” kept at the Natural History Museum of Milan has been examined through X-rays and microscopic observations. It was possible to understand how this artifact was made. The Milan “mermaid” is one of several similar examples known for at least two centuries.

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The Milan “mermaid”. (2023). Natural History Sciences, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.656
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