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Holy grain

Published on
October 4, 1996
Last updated
May 27, 2015

(Photograph) - Sculptor John Houlston has donated a representation of the solar system carved from a 500-year-old oak to the chapel at King's College London. The new one-tonne lectern, called The Formation of the Solar System, was inspired by the former student's contemplation of God and the universe.

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