Artifacts from the past that still amaze the imagination (15 photos)

You can plunge into history not only with the help of facts from textbooks, but also thanks to pictures. So it was, and the culture of the people the past can be better known. Today we will show artifacts dating back to different times.





German Gothic sabatons from 1490



Ladle made from the horn of a mountain sheep in Alaska 1906





Japanese body armor, 1780-1820



Freud's psychoanalytic couch, which he used from 1890 until his death in 1939



Catcher to hold prisoners, 1600-1800



Jade burial suit, Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD)



Scandinavian helmet and its restored copy. Dating back to the 7th century AD



Navigation chart of the South Pacific shows swell directions, refraction of waves from land, trade winds, migrations birds and cloud watching



Testament of an ancient Egyptian lady named Naunakhte, in in which she distributes her property among 5 of her 8 children. In him recorded her decision to disinherit the other three because they did not could adequately support her in her old age (



Leather sole of women's shoes from Rome, dated to the middle of the 2nd century AD



Doghouse of Marie Antoinette (1775–1780)



Diagram of the stages of fetal development, information for medical students. Tibet, 1687



Roman plate with a pattern in the form of a chessboard. From Turin, 1st century AD



Ancient Roman bronze double-acting water pump, circa 3rd century AD