History, Archaeology, Artefacts

Clothes and axe belonging to Mastro Titta, Rome’s most famous executioner

Brass sword, 17th century Kingdom of Benin, modern day Nigeria (Современный... из Нигерии.)

Viking age sword discovered at Loppi, Finland. The sword was found by a metal detecting hobbyist from his own farmstead. He promptly informed Finnish National Board of Antiquities.

Bronze cuirass (body armor) Classical period Greece, 4th centur

Bronze helmet with golden deathmask, Greece, around 540 ΒC

Roman infantry helmet, circa 3rd Century AD, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Knife with crystal handle, blade inscribed “Ave Maria”. French or Spanish, ca. 1300–1350

The Tomb of the Lord of Sipan,the Mochican warrior priest, as it was discovered, Huaca Rajada, Peru, ca 300 A.D

More than 20 sealed coffins discovered near Luxor Egypt

Oldest New World-Depicting Globe (dating back to circa 1500 – 1504 AD)

Zōchōten standing on a vanquished demon. Japan, Heian Period, 12th century

Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth’s coat, the first soldier killed in US Civil War.