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 )
Roman-Egyptian mosaic glass plate, 1st century BCE or AD ( media.kbin.social )
Etruscan carving of a scorpion ( 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 )
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 )
Persian gold pendant from 6th-4th century BCE ( media.kbin.social )
Justus Willberg plays the Hydraulis, a replica of a Roman instrument from the 3rd century AD ( www.youtube.com )
Close up of the Aquincum Hydraulis, a replica of a 3rd century Roman musical instrument, modern-day Hungary ( 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...
Ceramic Achaemenid lion pendant, 6th-4th century BCE ( media.kbin.social )
Golden ring with inscription, Roman, 4th century AD ( media.kbin.social )
Bronze Roman military diploma discharging an auxiliary soldier and granting citizenship, 71 AD ( media.kbin.social )
Grotesque bronze figurine of an actor, Graeco-Roman, 2nd century BCE-1st century AD ( media.kbin.social )
Defaced coin of overthrown Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax, depicting his head on a stick, 238 AD ( media.kbin.social )
Jennings Dog, a 2nd century AD Roman copy of a Greek original sculpture ( media.kbin.social )
1943 passport for one 'Herman the Cat', Expert Mouser, veteran of the US Coast Guard o7 ( media.kbin.social )
Bronze(?) Manilla currency from modern-day Nigeria, 19th century ( media.kbin.social )
Achaemenid Persian (Modern day Iran) golden lion brooch, 4th century BCE ( media.kbin.social )
Gold bracelet in the form of a snake, found in Pompeii, destroyed 79 AD ( media.kbin.social )
