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Baptismal font in the Cathedral of Magdeburg, Germany. The font is made of red porphyry (Porfido rosso) from a site near Assuan, Egypt. Originally designed as a fountain with a hole in the centre, the item may be thousands of years old, and is still used for baptism today.

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