Preserved Roman gladius and scabbard with a soldier's name inscribed on the blade, found in Germany, mid-late 1st century AD (lemmy.world)
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Pepperbox pistol, late 18th/early-mid 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
Borchardt Pistol, designed 1893 AD (lemmy.world)
Harmonica gun, USA, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
Four-barreled flintlock pistol, late 18th century (lemmy.world)
Knuckleduster-revolver, Italian, 1870s AD (lemmy.world)
Mongolian terracotta statuette, 13th-14th centuries AD? (i.guim.co.uk)
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....
Copper alloy statue of Princess Takushit of Egypt, with electrum (silver-gold alloy) engravings, ~670 BCE (lemmy.world)
Replica of a Roman military diploma discharging an auxiliary and granting him citizenship, bronze, based on 1st century AD original (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Roman stone game board from a military bathhouse in Britain, 2nd-4th century AD (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Stunningly detailed gold plaque of a mounted Scythian, 400-350 BCE, found in the Black Sea region (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Roman glass perfume bottle shaped like sandals, 2nd-3rd century AD (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Another depiction (?) of Tlingit wooden armor (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
19th century Persian cavalry helmet, manufactured in France (Caching Issue Repost) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
[Via cat@lemmy.world] Door with Cat Door, North Door of Exeter Cathedral, 14th century, feat. Stapledon the Cathedral Cat. (lemmy.world)
“This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties. Records of payments were entered in the...
