East African coin, Sultanate of Kilwa, Tanzania, 1331 AD ( lemmy.world )
Silver pendant, German, 15th century AD ( lemmy.world )
Drinking horn shaped like a dragon, made of tortoise shell, Germany, 1560/1570 AD ( lemmy.world )
Clockwork ship made to roll across a table, move the 'crew', and play music, German, 1585 AD ( lemmy.world )
Gilded bronze relief depicting the entombment of Christ, Italian, ~1480 AD ( lemmy.world )
Curiousity cabinet of Archduke Ferdinand II, German, 1582 AD ( lemmy.world )
Goblet made of Narwhal tusk, Czechia, ~1600 AD ( lemmy.world )
October special : Stele of the Serpent King "Djet" . One of the oldest known tomb stelae (sort of a gravestone). Limestone, c. 2820 BCE, Abydos, Egypt 🎃🪦🐍 ( commons.m.wikimedia.org )
One of the things that gets me about this is how long we've been using the familiar arch gravestone shape, in so many cultures, for nearly 5000 years since....