Victorian Prosthetic Arm, Europe, 1850-1910.

The buried bodies of the iconic Easter Island moai basalt statues, built by the Rapa Nui people between 1250-1500 CE, with petroglyphs carved on their back.

A Mughal emerald and gold ring, 16-17th century CE, sold at Christie's in 2019.

2,000-Year-Old Roman shoe found in a well.

The Temple of Edfu an Egyptian located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt 57 BC.

Posy ring with pictogram inscription, ‘Two hands, one heart, Till death us part.’ England in the 17th century.

Close detail of "The Green Man”, 1200's AD, Early Gothic, Bamberg Cathedral, Germany.

The Ishtar Gate, built by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II in Mesopotamia in 575 BC, using blue lapis lazuli and dense asphalt bricks. It's now preserved in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. Detail pic in comment.

Ancient Roman faucets from Pompeii, 1st century BCE-1st century CE.

Chantilly Castle, wrought iron railing made in 1870 by the Moreau brothers on drawing of architect Honoré Daumet.

The 3,200-year-old tomb of Queen Nefertari, also called the Sistine Chapel of Ancient Egypt. The paintings, which are found on almost every available surface in the tomb, are considered to be the best preserved and most eloquent decorations of any Egyptian burial site.

Freshly excavated 2000 yr old Terracotta Warriors still showing original color before rapid deterioration. Picture taken in 1974.

Ancient City of Sigiriya(Lion Rock Sinhala: සීගිරිය, Tamil: சிகிரியா / aசிங்ககிரி, pronounced see-gi-ri-yə) is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka 477 – 495 AD .

The giant two-handed sword that belonged to the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II, made from a sawfish snout, 1689.

Pair burial of the Scythian Husband and Wife, found near Ternopil, Ukraine (c. 1000 BC).

The oldest throne room in Europe, at the heart of the Bronze Age Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete, 15th Century BC.

The Arg-e Bam also known as Bam Citadel, located at the city of Bam, Kerman Province of Southeastern Iran, traced back to at least the Achaemenide Empire (sixth to fourth centuries BC).

An 8,000-year-old marble figurine of a voluptuous woman was unearthed in 2016 in the Neolithic urban settlement of Çatalhöyük in central Turkey. The figurine is 17 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide and weighs one kilo.

The Sacred City of Caral in Peru. At almost 5000 years old, it's the oldest city in the Americas and predates even the great Pyramids of Egypt. It includes 6 pyramids, the largest of which measures 150x160 meters, 2 sunken ceremonial plazas, residential districts and an irrigation system.

Nubian pyramids in Sudan, built from the 700s BC onwards, not as well known as Egypt's pyramids but still amazing.

Scroll written in gold ink on dark blue paper. Japan, Heian Period, 9th century AD.

A rare dagger for esoteric rituals from France, mid 19th Century.

The Ancient wooden Orthodox Church, built in 1655 at Krasnaya Lyaga, Russia.

Roman gold ring with a cameo bust of Minerva made from chrome chalcedony, ca. 1st century CE.

These stunning mosaics have just been unearthed under a vineyard in Italy, in the province of Verona, near the town of Negrar. They have been dated from 3rd to 4th Century.

1000 years ago some Viking craftsman lost all his equipment in the lake Mästermyr on the island of Gotland. In 1936 the wooden chest containing all the tools were found at the bottom of the former lake, which now had turned into a bog. Now on display at the Swedish History Museum.

A 2000-year-old giant cat geoglyph was discovered amid Peru's famous Nazca Lines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Charles V's Nemean Lion Parade burgonet. Made by Filippo Negroli in Milan c. 1541.

Inside the colorful and perfectly preserved 3225-year-old tomb of the sculptor Nakhtamun (TT 335) located in Deir el-Medina, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor.

Head of a man with tight, curly hair. Egypt, 2nd century BC 

The Sword of Goujian, found in 1965. This sword is mainly made of bronze with blue crystals and turquoise decoration. The blade surprisingly didn't suffer from rust and tarnish, so it's still extremely sharp. Hubei, China, Spring and Autumn period (771–403 BC).

Corinthian helmet from the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) found with the warrior's skull inside.

The ancient Roman city of Timgad in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Emperor Trajan around 100 CE, and its ruins are noteworthy for representing one of the best extant examples of the grid plan as used in Roman town planning.

Cast of a dog from Pompeii, 79 CE.

A beautiful Mesolithic amber figure of a bear. It washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. 12500-3900 BC, now on display at the National Museum of Denmark.

One of only two authentic old Jolly Rogers known in the world. The red background meant that she ship flying the flag would take no prisoners if their opponents put up a fight. The 18th century pirate flag is now on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy.

Only taxidermied blue whale in the world. Gothenburg, Sweden 1865.

One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team.

Top hat worn by Abraham Lincoln the night he was shot. Now on display at the National Museum of American History.

A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews. Now part of the collection of the Yale University Library.

Gauntlet of “Lion” armor of Henry II, king of France, 1550. 

A new chapter of the Epic of Gilgamesh is revealed when the fragment of Tablet V was finally recovered. It was written in Standard Babylonian and dates back to the Neo-Babylonian period (626-538 BC), according to researchers.

Formal outfit worn by one of the last daimyōs. Japan, Edo Period, around 1830.

Armored Gauntlets owned by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, from 1508 until his death in 1519. (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Before and after the excavation and restoration of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, built approximately 4000 years ago by King Ur-Nammu of the Neo-Sumerian Empire, in dedication to the Moon God, Nanna.

A backside view of the Great Sphinx of Giza that features its giant tail. Old Kingdom, c. 2558–2532 BC.

Mountaineer's axe with heart-shaped holes and bronze reinforced shaft. Japan, Muromachi period, 14th century.

Bronze Phrygian Helmet, Greek, Late Classical to Early Hellenistic, c. 350-300.

One of the fake heads used as a decoy during the 1962 escape of 3 prisoners from Alcatraz. Made with soap, toilet paper, toothpaste, and concrete dust.

9.4 inch mortar shaped like a sitting tiger. India, 1770-1799.

This Viking sword was found by reindeer hunters at high altitude in the Mountains of Oppland County. It may have belonged to a Viking who lost his way and died here 1100 years ago. (more info in comment).

Hieroglyphics writing in the wall of The Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt 1186-1156 BC.

Ancient Greek Helmets from Classical Period, Olympia Museum.

A book of magic, with spells and occult diagrams involving the 99 names of God. Middle East, 1425.

A 5000-year-old Sumerian alabaster statuette of a priest-king, found inside a pottery vessel in the ancient city of Uruk in 1929/30. Now on display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.

The Kiss of Death is a marble sculpture made in 1930 and found in Poblenou Cemetery in Barcelona. It depicts death, in the form of a winged skeleton, planting a kiss on the forehead of a young man.

A Gold Bar with mint marks, recovered from the Spanish treasure ship 'Atocha' which sank in 1622.

The skeleton of a 16th century soldier, complete with his sword, boots, belt and other items, was discovered last year during an underwater bridge inspection at the bottom of Lake Asveja in Lithuania.

The chinese submerged city of Shi Cheng ("Lion City"), located 130 ft beneath Qiandao Lake. Built during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–200 CE), the city was flooded in 1959 to create the lake for the Xin'an River Dam project.

Medieval ax with a preserved wooden handle discovered on the island of Ledniczka in Poland.

My picture of the burial chamber in the Tomb of Seti I on the West Bank of Luxor, circa 1279 BCE.

Roman chariot unearthed 'almost intact' near Pompeii.

A silver brooch I found metal detecting, finally being worn again after 400 years in the ground.

The uniform worn by King Charles XII of Sweden when he was killed by a stray shot during the Siege of Fredriksten on 30th November 1718, now in the collections of The Royal Armoury in Stockholm, Sweden.