President Theodore Roosevelt's silver-plated and engraved Colt Single-Action Army revolver, manufactured 1912 (media.kbin.social)
Beautiful Persian gold tableware, ~5th century BCE (media.kbin.social)
16th century Japanese suit of armor with 'Nanban' (European) style breastplate (media.kbin.social)
Achaemenid-era (5th century BCE) golden fish vessel, used for storing oil or perfume (media.kbin.social)
Achaemenid-era (5th century BCE) gold statuettes, from what is modern-day Iran (media.kbin.social)
16th century Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkiye) armor (media.kbin.social)
Beautiful Achaemenid-era Persian armlet, missing inlaid gemstones (media.kbin.social)
16th/17th century Flamberge swords (media.kbin.social)
Etruscan carving of a scorpion (media.kbin.social)
Austrian 16th century half-suit of plate armor with decorative motif (media.kbin.social)
Malay gun known as an Istingar, 16th century style matchlock, unknown date of manufacture (media.kbin.social)
Chinese jade dragon, Warring States Period (~3rd century BCE) (media.kbin.social)
Argand Lamp from 1835-1840, a revolutionary late 18th century light source which was much more powerful than previous oil lamps (media.kbin.social)
[Via [email protected]] Door with Cat Door, North Door of Exeter Cathedral, 14th century, feat. Stapledon the Cathedral Cat. (lemmy.world)
“This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties. Records of payments were entered in the...
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Persian gold pendant from 6th-4th century BCE (media.kbin.social)
Golden ring with inscription, Roman, 4th century AD (media.kbin.social)
Justus Willberg plays the Hydraulis, a replica of a Roman instrument from the 3rd century AD (www.youtube.com)
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Close up of the Aquincum Hydraulis, a replica of a 3rd century Roman musical instrument, modern-day Hungary (media.kbin.social)
The Sol de Echenique, 3000 year-old Inca gold medallion (media.kbin.social)
Bronze Roman military diploma discharging an auxiliary soldier and granting citizenship, 71 AD (media.kbin.social)
Ceramic Achaemenid lion pendant, 6th-4th century BCE (media.kbin.social)
Grotesque bronze figurine of an actor, Graeco-Roman, 2nd century BCE-1st century AD (media.kbin.social)
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Defaced coin of overthrown Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax, depicting his head on a stick, 238 AD (media.kbin.social)
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