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
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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
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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
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Armor of Philippe IV of France, reigned 1285 to 1314 AD ( lemmy.world )
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Beautiful and ornate drum from the Philippines, 19th century AD ( lemmy.world )
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503200
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Pepperbox pistol, late 18th/early-mid 19th century AD ( lemmy.world )
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Japanese ivory sculpture depicting one of the Seven Lucky Gods, early 19th century AD ( lemmy.world )
collections.ashmolean.org/collection/…/110746
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Silver coin of Eucratides I, found in modern-day Tajikistan, 171–144 BC ( lemmy.world )
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Norse silver coin turned into a pendant, Sweden, 800 AD-1100 AD ( lemmy.world )
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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 )
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Goblet made of Narwhal tusk, Czechia, ~1600 AD ( lemmy.world )
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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....
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Noble's hunting horn, made of elephant ivory, 11th century AD ( lemmy.world )
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Silver coin of Sigismund III, ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1625 AD ( lemmy.world )
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Silver plaque depicting the goddess Cybele, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, modern-day Afghanistan, 2nd century BCE? ( lemmy.world )
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Depiction of a boy catching grasshoppers, Meiji-era Japan, ~1890 AD ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
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Silver denarius of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, 140 AD ( upload.wikimedia.org )
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Bronze 19th century depiction of the Brothers Gracchi ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
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