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2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia. https://twitter.com/HottingerLauren/status/1343789028076871681

Locals discover 20 coffins of unknown origin

Breastplate Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team

German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar

Prague's astrological clock is the oldest still functioning clock in the world, 1410

Chantilly Castle, wrought iron railing made

A rare dagger for esoteric rituals from France, mid 19th Century

Samurai helmet (kabuko) shaped like an octopus. 1700s

Guillotine Earrings From France’s Reign of Terror

An emerald cup, with Persian verse carved inscription, which belonged to the emperor Jahangir.

Cloak worn by Napoleon the night before the battle of Waterloo

Matthias Ring, late 16th century, Southern Germany, gold, diamonds, enamel

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Golden scroll written and intricately illustrated with gold paint on dyed paper. Japan, Edo Period, 1636

An Egyptian amethyst cat amulet. Late period to ptolemaic period, 664-30 BC

An antler mounted wheel-lock grenade launcher with engraved brass barrel from Germany, circa 1610-1620

Neo-Assyrian amethyst vase, 8th century BC

The royal barge Anantanagaraj, built by King Rama VI and launched on April 1914

Emerald pocket watch|1576 AD

Chinese Qin Sword with gold openwork handle, 770–476 B.C

Metal dragon with fully bendable body and legs

Sword with rock crystal parrot-headed hilt and gold damascene

1845 daguerreotype of a daguerreotypist displaying daguerreotypes and daguerreotype accessories in an airtight daguerreotype frame

Dagger and jade sheath with inlaid rubies, emeralds and diamonds. India, Mughal Empire

Mask of a female demon 9th century Japan

A 4,600 year-old Woman's Headdress, from the cemetery of Ur (present day Iraq). Made from Gold, Cornealian and Lapis Lazuli. Ca. 2600 BC

An eboshi-shaped kabuto (helmet) with maedate (crest) in form of a mantis, Edo period, 17th century, Iron, lacquer, cord, silk, wood, gold, and papier-maché

Steel and Bone Breastplate" Found in the Italian Peninsula, Unknown Culture, Late 6th Century

Deer with a tree on its back, holding up a mandala. Japan, Nanboku-chō period, 14th century

Solid Gold Bracelet found on the wrist of a Roman woman who died in the destruction of Pompeii in AD 79

Funeral hearse from 1930, used for the funeral of the mayor of Madrid

Gold bracelet encrusted with many gems. Thailand

King Tutankhamun’s sandals

A Roman 1st century AD gold ring with Ametrine stone on which Thetis is depicted riding a Hippocamp

Rapier, Germany 1590

Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger, aprox 1327 BC

The famous Topkapi Emerald Dagger, encrusted with 5 Columbian emeralds and 53 diamonds. It was made under the reign of the Ottoman sultan Mahmud I in 1746

Coach of the Oceans”, the elaborately ornate carriage of Pope Clement XI, in the papacy from 1700-1721

enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606

9th Century Byzantium Ring

A japanese silver incense burner in the form of an elephant. Meiji period, 1890

Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick

Multi Tool 1580

Sleeping Cat. Ivory, 19th century, Japan

The Lycurgus cup: ancient Roman cage cup, which changes colour depending on the light that shines on it. Rome, 400 A.D

Lapis Lazuli and Bronze Vase in the Medici Form" from the Peterhof Imperial Lapidary Works, Imperial Russia, 1852

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blued and gilded Sabre that belonged to French General Étienne Gudin

An archaic Greek Bronze Spearhead in fabulous condition with an inscription reading “Theodoros dedicated [me] to [Zeus] the King.” Recovered in Olympia, Greece, dated ca. 500 BC

An Iranian battle-mask from the Safavid Dynasty 16th

A Jewish betrothal ring either from Italy or eastern europe. 17th century

Elephant armour from 17th century India. It’s made up of 5,840 plates