25 most curious ancient artifacts (26 photos)

It's always interesting to look at a thing that people used hundreds, or even thousands of years before you were born. It seems that such a thing is forever inhabited by history, and if it could, it would tell many incredible stories about legendary times. Well, let's try to listen?





Boots from the 14th century



Ebony and ivory incense box that belonged to Queen Nefertiti of Egypt (1295 - 1186 BC)





Saddle made of deer antler and linden wood, Bohemia, 1400 - 1420.



Scythian daggers and knives with gold plates, 6th - 5th centuries. BC.



Helmet in the form of a griffin's head, Italy, Milan or Brescia, 1550.



Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg, Stuttgart, 1460.



Armor that probably belonged to Henry VIII of England, King of England from 1509 to 1547.



Sacred chariot from Strettweg, age - 2400 years



14th century war hammer from the historical museum in Ghent, Belgium



The oldest known map of the New World, engraved on an ostrich egg, 1504.



Scythian war horse headband in the shape of a mountain goat's head with a bird sitting on it. Altai, 300 - 290 BC.



Copper alloy cat's head made in Ptolemaic Egypt



Children's orthopedic shoes with ankle support, Italy, 16th century.



Ptolemaic cup, sardonyx, 1st century. BC. Kept in the Museum of the National Library in Paris



Cup in the form of a donkey's head, Greece, 480 BC.



Lamellar mail and helmet, Tibet, XVI - XVII centuries.



Roman sword, 3rd century AD.



Head of an unknown pharaoh of Southern Egypt wearing a white crown, 2675 - 2130. BC.



Sword, scabbard and orb of the Holy Roman Empire. The sword and orb were made in Germany around 1200, the scabbard with portraits of emperors from Charlemagne to Henry III was made in Italy in the second half of the 11th century.



Sacred talisman in the form of a sun disk made of amber, Bronze Age. Found in Denmark



Armor of the Japanese shogun Ashikagi Takayuji, early 14th century.



Ax from the tomb of Queen Ahhotep, Thebes, 16th century. BC.



The world's oldest revolver, made by Hans Stopler in Nuremberg, 1597.



Roman multitool 2nd century AD. Includes spoon, knife, fork, awl, spatula and toothpick



Turkish saber, 16th century.