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.
