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Pandoras Box was actually a jar! But then the guy, who was in in charge of the translation from ancient greek into latin, misread the word "pithos" and translated it into a box ... Fool!
Anyways! According to the myth, Pandora was send to earth with this box full of all the evils of mankind (greed, vanity, slander, envy, etc.) as a small "gift" to humanity after we had stolen the fire from the gods. Ergo! It is not the greatest idea to look into this box ... well unless you are Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life because she apparently is able to take a sneak peak into it !?!?
For this reason Pandoras Box has quite a deterrent effect on people. So what would be better than a copy of this to keep your valuables and important papers out of sight from nosy people.
Shaped to look like an old leather bound book Pandoras Box easily blends in on your bookshelf. And should some ones eyes fall on it they will quickly think uhhh!!! I better not look ;-b
The box measures 27x21x7 cm and has surreal details taken from Hieronimus Bosch's depictions of hell printed on the front and back
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