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Called "Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum", it was a small building in the temple & palace complex where even older objects were on display, along with clay cylinders imprinted with information ABOUT the object. Museum labels. Dating to 530 BCE. A collection of antiques from an empire already 2000 yrs old.

A clay cylinder inscribed with a description in three languages, as used in Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum to accompany an ancient artifact; these are the earliest known “museum labels.” (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

I just read about the Order of the Pug, an 18th century Catholic secret society, perhaps made to bypass a papal bull banning Catholics from being Freemasons. Novices had to wear dog collars and scratch at the door. At one point during the ceremony, the rest of the order barked at the novices.

An engraving depicting a lady novice entering into the Order of the Pug. Novices had to wear a dog collar and had to scratch at the door to be admitted inside. They were blindfolded and had to make nine laps around a carpet with symbols, while the rest of the order barked loudly to test their steadiness. During the initiation, the novices also had to kiss the underside of a porcelain pug's tail as a sign of devotion to the order. Afterward, the master placed the applicant's hand on a rapier (for a man) or on a mirror (for a woman), requiring them to take a vow. Engraving printed 1745.
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Imagine gutting id software literally days before they release a DLC for the most recent Doom game. This should be a celebration for everyone who worked on it!