Amazing historical artifacts #1

 

Coin (silver) from Syracuse, Greece around 466 BCE


A pair of intricately cut shoes that were found on a bog body from over 2,300 years ago


Helmet made by Milanese armorer Filippo Negroli; 1543


Corsican vendetta knife with floral detail. The blade reads: “Che la mia ferita sia mortale" - or roughly: “may all your wounds be mortal”. 19th century


Ancient sense of humor: Greek lead sling bullet, inscribed with DEXAI, (meaning in greek "Catch!“) 1600 years old


Roman gold helmet, 4th century AD


Viking burial stone ships, Lindholm Høje, Denmark. 1000-1200 AD



Chantilly Castle, wrought iron railing made in 1870 by the Moreau brothers on drawing of architect Honoré Daumet.



Illustration of a lion, leopard, rabbit, and elephant from memory/description, taken from Tractatus de Herbis (Italy ca. 1440)



Unfinished obelisk in Aswan, Egypt. 1500 BC



Hoof prints found at the Amphitheatre of Serdica, Bulgaria, dating to the about the 3rd–4th centuries AD.

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