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)
Malay gun known as an Istingar, 16th century style matchlock, unknown date of manufacture (media.kbin.social)
Austrian 16th century half-suit of plate armor with decorative motif (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)
Etruscan carving of a scorpion (media.kbin.social)
Roman-Egyptian mosaic glass plate, 1st century BCE or AD (media.kbin.social)
Persian gold pendant from 6th-4th century BCE (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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Close up of the Aquincum Hydraulis, a replica of a 3rd century Roman musical instrument, modern-day Hungary (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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Ceramic Achaemenid lion pendant, 6th-4th century BCE (media.kbin.social)
Bronze Roman military diploma discharging an auxiliary soldier and granting citizenship, 71 AD (media.kbin.social)
Golden ring with inscription, Roman, 4th century AD (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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