Neolithic Pottery from Ban Chiang
Neolithic Pottery from Ban Chiang This sizeable neolithic pot is an example of Ban Chiang red-on-buff ware, which was created freehand without the use...
FN Browning Model 1910
FN Browning Model 1910 The FN Browning Model 1910 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale of Belgi...
Anthropomorphic Celtic Sword with Scabbard
Anthropomorphic Celtic Sword with Scabbard This Anthropomorphic Celtic Sword has a modeled head of a Celtic warrior that terminates the sword handle. ...
Metopes of the Parthenon
The Metopes of the Parthenon The Metopes of the Parthenon are the surviving set of what initially had been 92 square carved plaques of marble. They we...
Stephenson’s Rocket
Stephensons Rocket Stephensons Rocket was an early steam locomotive, built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1...
Human-Headed Winged Bull (Lamassu)
Human-Headed Winged Bull (Lamassu) This Human-Headed Winged Bull is a Lamassu, which is an Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having a human...
Sleeve Dagger with Sheath
Sleeve Dagger with Sheath This Sleeve Dagger with Sheath was made and issues by British Special Forces during World War II. These British Special Forc...
Statue of Roman Empress posing as Pudicitia
Statue of Roman Empress posing as Pudicitia This statue of Roman Empress posing as Pudicitia is a Roman copy from the 2nd century AD based on an antiq...
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius depicts the famous Roman Emperor on horseback. The emperor is over ...
The Beowulf Manuscript
The Only Surviving Manuscript of Beowulf Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that survives in a single copy in the manuscript known as the Nowell Code...
Head of Bearded Man (Cypriot)
Head of Bearded Man (Cypriot) Head of Bearded Man is a limestone sculpture created over 2500 years ago in Cyprus. It is an almost life-sized depiction...
The First £1 note, 1797
The First £1 Banknote, 1797 The first £1 note was introduced by the Bank of England in 1797, following the gold shortages caused by the French Revolut...
Mildenhall Treasure
Mildenhall Treasure Great Plate of Bacchus The Mildenhall Treasure is a massive hoard of 34 masterpieces of Roman silver tableware from the fourth ce...
Bronze Age Gold Lunula
Bronze Age Gold Lunula The Gold Lunula is a distinctive type of early Bronze Age collar necklace shaped like a crescent moon. Lunulae are flat and thi...
Quartzite Head of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III
Quartzite Head of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III This Quartzite head of Amenhotep III has been carved with expert care. The eyeballs noticeably an...
Standard of Ur
Standard of Ur The Standard of Ur is a mosaic of shells, red limestone and lapis lazuli inlaid over a hollow wooden box. It was discovered in the 1920...
Ethiopian Crown
Ethiopian Crown The Ethiopian Crown was worn by Emperor Menelik II (1844 – 1913) as Emperor of Ethiopia (1889 1913). Menelik claimed he was descended...
Jar Handles with Judean “Royal Stamp”
Jar Handles with Judean “Royal Stamp” These Jar Handles with Judean Royal Stamp belonged to storage jars that were made nearly 3,000 years ago which h...
Harding MCH Lifeboat
Harding MCH Lifeboat This Harding MCH Lifeboat is a totally enclosed lifeboat and is the Tanker Version, designed for ships or offshore infrastructure...
American Whaleboat ‘Beetle’
American Whaleboat Beetle American Whaleboat Beetle is a full-size and fully fitted replica of an original American Whaleboat known as a Beetle. Whale...
Hawaiian Helmet & the Death of Captain James Cook
Hawaiian Feathered Helmet This Hawaiian feather helmet, known as mahiole in the Hawaiian language, was worn together with a feather cloak by the chief...
LAV-25 Australian Light Armoured Vehicle
LAV-25 Australian Light Armoured Vehicle This type of LAV-25 Australian Light Armoured Vehicle has been deployed on operations to East Timor, Iraq, an...
Garuda (British Museum)
Garuda This gilt bronze statue depicts a Garuda as part bird and part human with flaming hair that bears the symbols of the sun and moon. The Garuda i...
Buddha performing Miracles
The Influence of Ancient Greek sculptural Art on depictions of Buddha Buddha performing Twin Miracles at Sravasti depicts Buddha with a halo behind hi...
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (British Museum)
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara This statue of Avalokiteśvara is the Buddist Lord of Compassion and embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. A Bodhisattva ...
Giant Wombat Skull
Giant Wombat Skull This Giant Wombat Skull is about 80,000-year-old skull and was found on Gowrie Creek, Darling Downs, Queensland during the 2011 flo...
Bian Zhong of Su, Marquis of Jin
Bian Zhong of Su, Marquis of Jin Bian Zhong or Bianzhong is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells, played melodica...