Roman enameled glass depicting a gladiator, found in modern-day Afghanistan, ~1st century AD ( media.kbin.social )
Chinese Jian sword with scabbard, 18th century ( media.kbin.social )
A collection of metal and stone Incan mace heads ( media.kbin.social )
2nd century AD mosaic of a Roman fisherman ( media.kbin.social )
Surviving depiction in Roman ruins in Libya ( media.kbin.social )
Ruins of a Roman estate, Libya ( media.kbin.social )
Kalthoff repeating flintlock, 1695 ( media.kbin.social )
Gold and steel burgonet (helmet), France, 16th century AD ( lemmy.world )
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/27791
Actor's mask ensemble depicting an avatar of Vishnu, wood, Southern India, 1700 AD-1750 AD ( lemmy.world )
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/665501
Preserved Roman gladius and scabbard with a soldier's name inscribed on the blade, found in Germany, mid-late 1st century AD ( lemmy.world )
sword-site.com/…/guttman-gladius-pompeii-type
Armor of Philippe IV of France, reigned 1285 to 1314 AD ( lemmy.world )
Beautiful and ornate drum from the Philippines, 19th century AD ( lemmy.world )
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503200
Pepperbox pistol, late 18th/early-mid 19th century AD ( lemmy.world )
Japanese ivory sculpture depicting one of the Seven Lucky Gods, early 19th century AD ( lemmy.world )
collections.ashmolean.org/collection/…/110746
Silver coin of Eucratides I, found in modern-day Tajikistan, 171–144 BC ( lemmy.world )
Norse silver coin turned into a pendant, Sweden, 800 AD-1100 AD ( lemmy.world )
Helmet of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, taken from Moscow by the Poles, and then taken from Warsaw by the Swedes, 16th century 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....