15 coolest products from past centuries that show how handy our ancestors were (17 photos)
We are used to thinking that all the coolest things were invented in the last hundred years - smartphones, 3D printing, neural networks, cappuccino with a picture and slimes. Meanwhile, if you dig deep, it becomes clear: people at all times were able to do all sorts of cool and beautiful things. 
16th century German ring that unfolds into the astronomical sphere 
Goujian's Sword, China 
Despite being 2,500 years old, the sword was found in near perfect condition, with its blade still sharp.
Ancient Roman gold ring with an amethyst engraved image of Pan (god of the wild) playing the flute 
Library in Marienburg Castle, Germany, 19th century 
Horse-drawn omnibus from the 1890s years 
A sculpture of a female figure, possibly a yaksha, a spirit of nature 
Mathura, India, circa 200 AD.
A 10th-century Anglo-Saxon sundial found in 1938 
They worked with a gnomon, a small pin that was inserted into a hole corresponding to the desired month. Suspended vertically on a chain, the clock used the angle of incidence of sunlight: the shadow from the gnomon fell on a scale divided into three parts of the day - morning, noon and evening, allowing you to determine the time by the height of the sun above the horizon.
Venus Callipyge or "Venus with Beautiful Buttocks", 1st-2nd century BC, Naples 
A rugged women's glove from London, 1850s, modified for self-defense 
Mona Lisa from depths 
A daguerreotype of an unknown woman was found in 2014 at the wreck of the SS Central America at a depth of 2,194 meters off the coast of South Carolina. The ship sank in 1857.
German seamstress Agnes Richter's jacket with an interesting history 
In 1893, she was admitted to the Heidelberg psychiatric hospital by order of her father and brothers after several acute bouts of delirium. While in the hospital, she embroidered biographical text on this and other jackets, which include quotes such as: "I", "My", "My jacket", "1894, I am a woman today", "I am in an institution", "I am out of my mind", "I am diving headfirst into disaster". It is believed that this was Richter's attempt to preserve her identity, express her experiences, and perhaps fight back against the system in which she found herself. When Style Meets Madness.
A half-naked dancer with an elaborate hairstyle and hoop earrings in a gymnastic bend on a limestone vessel 
Egypt, 1292-1186 BC.
An Art Deco bottle of Ingrid perfume, made of malachite glass. Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1930s 
Depicts a nude figure under a waterfall, in case you hadn't noticed.
A Faithful Dog Looks at His Master, Roman Marble, 2nd Century AD 
"Veiled Woman" is a marble sculpture created by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Lombardi in 1869 
This implementation of the folds of the veil over the face on the sculpture is a real art.
Bonus: A schoolboy named Tonis, who lived in the 3rd century and studied far from home, wrote this letter to his father 
Listen, this is my fifth letter to you, and you only wrote to me once, not a word about your well-being and did not come to visit me. This letter is now kept in the British Library.
