Curious Things From The Past (39 pics)
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- 16 Jan, 2023 |
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"Magnificent Hand-Made Door Lock Crafted By Frank Koralewski In 1911, Using Gold, Silver And Bronze"
"This Is How Inhabitants Of The Arctic Circle Protected Their Eyes From Snow Blindness For Over 4,000 Years"
"Located In Air Massif, Niger Are Two Of The Biggest Animal Rock Petroglyphs In The World, Called The Dabous Giraffes, Dated 8000 BC"
"700 Year Old House In Iran"
"Chinese Bronze Sword With Turquoise Studded, Gold Inlaid Rock Crystal Hilt. Warring States Period, 4th-2nd Century BC"
"A Beautiful Neo-Assyrian Amethyst Vase, C. 8th Century BC, Private Collection"
"The Basilica Cistern Of Constantinople"
"The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. The cistern, located 150 metres (490 ft) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Today it is kept with little water, for public access inside the space."
"It Is One Of The Most Evocative Archaeological Sites In Italy"
"A Temple-theater complex discovered only at the beginning of the 2000s in Monte San Nicola, in Pietravairano of Caserta province. Lying at 410 meters high in the Sannio area, dates back to the late Roman Republican period, 2nd-1st century BC."
"Football Match Played In 2000-Year-Old Roman Arena In Pula, Croatia"
"An Architectural Marvel! Interconnected Chain Rings Made Out From Single Piece Of Rock"
"The Gaurishvara Temple is located in the town of Yelandur, Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. Built in the 16th century."
"The 3270-Year-Old Amber Cup Discovered In A Great Round Barrow Mound That Was Crudely Excavated In 1856 In Hove, England"
"Jade Burial Suit, Han Dynasty 202 BC"
"The Castle Of Coca Is A Castle Located In The Coca Municipality, Central Spain"
"It was constructed in the 15th century and has been considered to be one of the best examples of Spanish Mudejar brickwork which incorporates Moorish Muslim design and construction with Gothic architecture."
"The Back Of The Golden Mask Of Tutankhamun"
"Undisputedly, most valuable artifact on the planet. Mask of the young Egyptian King Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1323 BC), from New Kingdom (18th Dynasty).
Egyptian Museum, Cairo"
"A Brilliantly Preserved Bronze Phrygian Winged Helmet, Dated To The 4th Century Bc. It Recently Sold At Auction For £160,000"
"The Trier Gold Hoard"
"About 1800 years ago this hoard of 2516 gold coins was hidden.
At a weight of 18.5kg it was found in September 1993 during construction work in Trier, Germany.
It is largest known preserved Roman gold hoard discovered."
"Armor Of An Officer Of The Imperial Palace Guard, Chinese, 18th Century"
"Abandoned Indigenous Tree House In Papua New Guinea"
"4th Century Bc Golden Ring Found In The Tomb Of A Thracian King In Yambol Region, Bulgaria"
"Sculptures At An Abandoned Abbey In England"
"A Hoard Of 5,248 Silver Anglo-Saxon Coins Discovered By A Metal Detector Near Lenborough, Buckinghamshire"
"985 date from the reign of Ethelred the Unready in the 990s and 4,263 were minted during the reign of his successor, Canute. Source: London Daily Mail."
"Colosseum's Basement, Rome"
"The Huge Roman Aqueduct Built In Segovia, Spain, By The Roman Emperor Trajan (AD 98-117)"
"One of the best preserved Roman engineering works, the structure was constructed from approximately 24,000 dark colored Guadarrama granite blocks without the use of mortar. The above ground part is 2,388 feet long. And it consists of approximately 165 arches that are more than 30 feet in height."
"Zeugma Mosaic Of Icarus And Daedalus, Roman Period, Museum In Gaziantep Zeugma, Turkey"
"Zeugma was a town along the Euphrates River, founded by Seleucus Nicator, a general and successor to Alexander the Great. In 64 BC, the Romans controlled the city. Zeugma was of great importance to the Romans as it was located at a strategically important place.
Zeugma Mosaic Museum contains mosaics from the site, and is one of the largest mosaic museums in the world."
"This Shoe With Bird On Front Was Found In Haarlem, Holland And Is Dated Ca. 1300-1350 A.d., Archeological Museum Of Haarlem, Netherlands"
"A Frieze Made Of Glazed Brick Tiles Depicting Persian Warriors, From The Palace Of Darius L In Susa, Iran"
"Achaemenid Empire, 6th century BC, now on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin."
"A Flint Handaxe Knapped Around A Fossil Shell Made By An Archaic Hominin, West Tofts, Norfolk, England, CA. 500,000-300,000 Before Present"
"The Golden Gauntlet, Henri III Of France’s Armour (Detail), C.1550"
"House Of Neptun And Amphitrite Herculaneum, Italy"
"When Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it buried not only the city of Pompeii, but a number of other nearby towns as well. One of them was Herculaneum. Among the many houses in Herculaneum is a relatively small, but richly decorated town house, called the House of the Neptune Mosaic, which must have belonged to a wealthy family."
"An Unusual Cuboidal Stairway In The Small Village Of San Augustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico"
"Haid Al-Jazil Is A 500-Year-Old Mud-Brick Village On Top Of A Massive Boulder. Wadi Dawan, Yemen"
"The Remains Of A Prehistoric House From The Bronze Age Settlement Of Akrotiri In Santorini"
"The settlement was destroyed in the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BC and buried in volcanic ash."
"Gladiator Helmet In Remarkable Condition From Pompeii, Fernbank Museum Of Natural History"
"Roman Emperor Philippus The Arab Kneeling In Front Of Persian King Shapur I, Begging For Peace, And The Standing Emperor Represents Valerian Who Was Taken Captive By The Persian Army In 260 AD, The Triumph Of Shapur I, Naqshe Rostam, Iran"
"Ruins At Mitla, Oaxaca, México, Circa 1875. Photographer: Teobert Maler"
"Mitla is the second most important archaeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico and the most important of the Zapotec culture. The name Mitla is derived from the Nahuati name Mictlán, which was the place of the dead or underworld. Its Zapotec name is Lyobaa, which means “place of rest.” The name Mictlán was Hispanicized to Mitla by the Spanish."
"These 160 Aureus Coins Were Found Below The Floor Of A Roman House In Corbridge In 1911"
"A Lekythos (Perfume Vessel) Found In A Tomb Of The Phoenician And Punic Necropolis In Nora, Sardinia, During The Ongoing Archaeological Campaign By The University Of Padua"
"Fragment Of The Roman Tent, Still Packed, Excavated In The Area Of Vindolanda – A Roman Camp In The North Of Britain"
"A Slab Engraved With The Ram-Headed God Amun-Re Under The, From The Ancient 'Lost City' Of Thonis-Heracleion, Which Lies 6.5 Kilometres Off Today’s Coastline About 150 Feet Underwater In The Mediterranean. 6th Century Bc. Now In The Maritime Museum, Alexandria"
