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41 rare items from history

some things you may not have seen before

By Nathan Johnson

Published 7 years ago in Wow

some things you may not have seen before

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105 mm shells from an allied bombardment all were fired in a single day on German lines. -1916

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A very small Viking age padlock. It measures 1x2.5cm -Denmark

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A medieval Irish key -12th century

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Armor of an officer of the Imperial Palace Guard.- China [18th Century]

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A wine vessel in the shape of a Rhino, China Han dynasty. Period- [202BC-9AD]

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Napoleon Bonaparte’s toothbrush. The toothbrush had a silver gilt handle and bristles made from horsehair.

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A Russian Mace finished with eagle flanges. -[1600]

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The Dark Queen, statue probably depicting the Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra III who ruled 142BC-101BC. This was discovered in the lost sunken city, Thonis-Heracleion

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British knuckle duster equipped with a blade. [1914-1918]

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Kunz Lochner, armor made for Mikotaj “the black” Radziwitt. -Germany [1555]

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This one is self explanatory but still really cool.

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Salt-Cellar in the form of hexahedral architectural construction. -France [1550-1570]

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George Washington’s scabbard and battle sword. This was used in the Revolutionary War.

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Skeleton of an 8ft Tall German soldier. -16th Century

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Roman glass cup dated around 50-100AD

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Triple barrel German wheel-lock pistol with a single trigger to fire each barrel individually. -[1610]

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Axe from the tomb of Queen Ahhotep IIZ, Thebes. -New Kingdom(dynasty 18)-[16th century BCE]

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Cane handle containing a lock of George Washington’s hair.

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Golden Headdress found in an ancient Bactrian site of Tilliya tepe in present day Afghanistan.

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A pair if intricately cut shoes that were found on a bog body from over 2,300 years ago.

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A calcite alabaster perfume jar from the tomb of Tutankhamun- [1323BC]

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Roman multi-tool Knife (iron blade, spoon, fork, retractable spike, spatula, and small toothpick.) -[200AD]

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Breastplate made from steel and bone 42cm-Italy [16th Century]

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“Devils Work” ball with fourteen movable balls made of one piece of ivory. Qing Dynasty-19th century

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Part of a Roman earring with portraits of emperors. (Dating back to III-IV century AD)

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The oldest known globe to depict the Americas made on the lower halves of two ostrich eggs. [1504]

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A preserved human heart in a leaden case. Discovered in a medieval crypt of a church in cork, Ireland 1860s

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Perfume bottles (with perfume still inside) recovered from the wreck site of the Titanic.

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Flag of Spanish warship San IIdenfonso, which fought against the British fleet led by Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar -[1805]

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Assassins poison cabinet disguised as a book. -17th century

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The most expensive pocket watch in the world made for Marie Antoinette.

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Joseph Enouy’s 8-cylinder 48 shot percussion revolver, dated 1855

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3,000 year old trousers the oldest pair in existence.

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Pipe of Jefferson Davis president of the confederate states of America.

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A 1928 Tommy Gun fashioned into a Violin case.

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17th century silver skull watch- Louvre museum.

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Napoleons three chamber box lock pistol.

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Tea leaves in a glass bottle collected from the harbor following the Boston Tea Party- 1773

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300 year old carved Tibetan skull.

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William Shakespeare’s death mask -[1880]

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65 years after it crash landed on a beach in Wales, an American P-38 fighter plane has emerged from the surf and sand where in lay buried.

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