Historical artifacts

Rare tools, art, and objects of archaeological interest.

The ten statues in Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 BC at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan were never meant for our eyes.

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This piece is a bracelette that belonged to Queen Ahhotep, it is gold over a lapis lazuli background and was found in her tomb along with other treasures. This bracelet depicts the god Geb - representing the earth - wearing both crowns of Egypt and giving his blessings to the kneeling king. This piece is found in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

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Archaeologists believe they have located a 'survivors camp' on Hatteras Island where settlers of the Lost Colony of Roanoke moved and integrated with the Croatoan tribe.

Feathered death garlands, a pierced bull's heart, and more.

Hidden from the world for 3,000 years, the true face of Tutankhamun was revealed yesterday. Egypt's 'golden boy' will be on view to the world in a climate-controlled glass case in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings

From Ur, some of the oldest jewelry in the world.

Egypt, Thebes 3rd Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21 Gessoed and painted sycamore Cleveland Museum of Art This is one of the finest examples of painted wooden coffins made for the priests of Amen and their families at Thebes during Dynasty 21 and early 22. The pharaohs of this time were no longer buried in the Valley of the Kings, but instead built tombs in the Delta, far to the north, where they resided. Security was lax in the Theban necropolis. The coffins and funerary goods of the…

Beings connected to these mysterious stone tablets come from the binary star Cygnus going back to 15,000 B.C. The history of this alien race and their intentions for Earth are now being unearthed through the artifacts they left behind.

Tribal Art Asia's Filipino Artifact Exhibit: The Last Filipino Tribes Artifacts and Historical Photographs twelve museums archived materials field collected photo documentary pictures artfacts rice god statues ritual ceremonies philippines Luzon Mountain highland bontoc ifugao kalinga tribes The Last Filipino Tribes Artifacts and Historical Photographs exhibit can be rented. Filipino Artifact Exhibit features materials from twelve american museums!

Comb with a Battle Scene, gold, Scythian, Late 5th-early 4th century BC…

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