Medieval Gospel book cover, gold and silver, 12th century AD, on display in Germany ( media.kbin.social )
Ornate silver religious vessel, Carolingian Empire, ~800 AD ( media.kbin.social )
Preserved Roman dolabra heads, used for cutting and digging in camp, ~1st century BCE/AD, modern-day Germany ( media.kbin.social )
M1817 Hall Rifle, an early military breech-loader ( media.kbin.social )
Achaemenid-era gold trinkets ( media.kbin.social )
One of the few images of the Hellriegel SMG, a rare water-cooled submachinegun from WW1, photo taken circa 1915 ( media.kbin.social )
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 )
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 )
12th century leather Skomorokh (actor) mask, Novgorod ( media.kbin.social )
15th century communion chalice (restored 19th century), Turku Cathedral, Finland ( media.kbin.social )
Oak relief, St. Nicholas Church, 16th century ( media.kbin.social )
15th century Novgorod coins ( media.kbin.social )
Lemat Revolver with underbarrel shotgun (designed 1856) ( media.kbin.social )
Silly moment: amateur replica of a Graeco-Roman pancake (the artifact was subsequently devoured) ( media.kbin.social )
Graeco-Roman amphorae discovered while digging trenches in Odessa, Ukraine ( media.kbin.social )
Bas-relief of a Carroballista from Trajan's Column (finished 113 AD) ( media.kbin.social )
15th century Falchion ( media.kbin.social )
Imperial Roman era surgical tools ( media.kbin.social )
Gilded bronze relief depicting the entombment of Christ, Italian, ~1480 AD ( lemmy.world )
Greek coin from the 4th century BCE, Crimea, Ukraine ( lemmy.world )
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