30 Amazing Historical Artifacts
MikeHockusthick
Published
04/07/2014
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Pop Culture
Weaponry, jewelry, furniture and other artifacts from various periods of history.
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Parade shield made by Leone Leoni, Italian sculptor in XVIth century. -
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Lycurgus Cup - roman, 4th century goblet which changes colour when held up to the light. -
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Armour for a Boy, probably Prince Henry Stuart 1608 -
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Chinese Qin Sword with Gold Openwork Handle 770476 B.C. -
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Lewis chessmen - 12th century chess pieces, most of which are carved in walrus ivory. -
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Scythian golden comb 5th century BC -
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Knife-and-Fork Set with Mars and Diana, ivory and iron 1650-1690 -
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Burmese bronze 'dragon' cannon, 1790 -
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Aztec Stone of the Sun - the exact purpose and meaning of the stone is unclear 14th-16th century -
10.
Berlin Gold Hat - 490 grams of gold, overall height 745 mm, average thickness 0.6 mm. Made in the Late Bronze Age, circa 1,000 to 800 BC -
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Helmet Namban Boshi circa 1600 -
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Cuirass holed by a cannonball at Waterloo -
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General Patton's Colt .45 Model 1873 -
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Caparison ordered by Swedish royal household in 1621 -
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Dunstable Swan Jewel from about 1400 -
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Top of the Lion Armour's helmet. 16th century, France. -
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Elephant armour from 17th century India. It's composed of 5,840 plates and weighs 118kg -
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The Sword of Emperor Maximilian I -
19.
ighteenth century make-up kit from England opening it reveals a mirror, pencils and a manicure set -
20.
Gold Silver on Bronze Mycenaean "Lion Hunt" burial dagger. Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece 16th century BC -
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Morion for the Guards of the Elector of Saxony -
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Catherine the Greats chair, probably destroyed by communist in 1950. -
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Peacock Clock from Hermitage Museum. It's a large automaton made for Catherine the Great in 1781 -
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Polish Hussar's half-armour, mid-17th century -
25.
Pyxid Al Mughira from 968 year -
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A golden wreath and ring from the burial of an Odrysian Aristocrat at the Golyamata Mogila tumulus mid-4th century BC -
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Abraham Lincoln assassination chair from Ford's Theatre -
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Egyptian ring from the tomb of King Tutankhamen -
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Armoured Dresses, Graz Armoury, Austria. Late 16thEarly 17th century. -
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Joyeuse - Charlemagne's personal sword
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