• History dump at its finest •

Jul 26, 2018 8:42 PM

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105 mm shells from an allied bombardment all were fired in a single day on German lines. -1916

A very small Viking age padlock. It measures 1x2.5cm -Denmark

A medieval Irish key -12th century

Armor of an officer of the Imperial Palace Guard.- China [18th Century]

Rhino Vessel, 202BC-9AD, Han Dynasty

A wine vessel in the shape of a Rhino, China Han dynasty. Period- [202BC-9AD]

Napoleon Bonaparte’s toothbrush. The toothbrush had a silver gilt handle and bristles made from horsehair.

A Russian Mace finished with eagle flanges. -[1600]

British knuckle duster equipped with a blade. [1914-1918]

Kunz Lochner, armor made for Mikotaj “the black” Radziwitt. -Germany [1555]

The Dark Queen, statue probably depicting the Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra III who ruled 142BC-101BC. This was discovered in the lost sunken city, Thonis-Heracleion

This one is self explanatory but still really cool.

Salt-Cellar in the form of hexahedral architectural construction. -France [1550-1570]

George Washington’s scabbard and battle sword. This was used in the Revolutionary War.

Skeleton of an 8ft Tall German soldier. -16th Century

Roman glass cup dated around 50-100AD

Triple barrel German wheel-lock pistol with a single trigger to fire each barrel individually. -[1610]

Axe from the tomb of Queen Ahhotep IIZ, Thebes. -New Kingdom(dynasty 18)-[16th century BCE]

Cane handle containing a lock of George Washington’s hair.

Golden Headdress found in an ancient Bactrian site of Tilliya tepe in present day Afghanistan.

A pair if intricately cut shoes that were found on a bog body from over 2,300 years ago.

A calcite alabaster perfume jar from the tomb of Tutankhamun- [1323BC]

Roman multi-tool Knife (iron blade, spoon, fork, retractable spike, spatula, and small toothpick.) -[200AD]

Breastplate made from steel and bone 42cm-Italy [16th Century]

“Devils Work” ball with fourteen movable balls made of one piece of ivory. Qing Dynasty-19th century

Part of a Roman earring with portraits of emperors. (Dating back to III-IV century AD)

The oldest known globe to depict the Americas made on the lower halves of two ostrich eggs. [1504]

A preserved human heart in a leaden case. Discovered in a medieval crypt of a church in cork, Ireland 1860s

Perfume bottles (with perfume still inside) recovered from the wreck site of the Titanic.

Flag of Spanish warship San IIdenfonso, which fought against the British fleet led by Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar -[1805]

Assasins poison cabinet disguised as a book. -17th century

The most expensive pocket watch in the world made for Marie Antoinette.

Joseph Enouy’s 8-cylinder 48 shot percussion revolver, dated 1855

3,000 year old trousers the oldest pair in existence.

Pipe of Jefferson Davis president of the confederate states of America.

A 1928 Tommy Gun fashioned into a Violin case.

17th century silver skull watch- Louvre museum.

Napoleons three chamber box lock pistol.

Tea leaves in a glass bottle collected from the harbor following the Boston Tea Party- 1773

300 year old carved Tibetan skull.

William Shakespeare’s death mask -[1880]

65 years after it crash landed on a beach in Wales, an American P-38 fighter plane has emerged from the surf and sand where in lay buried.

Cat Tax. Most lovable creature you’d ever meet.

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Was that Roman glass manufactured by Roman McDonald's?

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#9 the name is Mikołaj Radziwiłł.

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

His name is Mikolaj Radziwiff

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Roman multitool...sure. bunch a junkies

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I always doubt this big ass flags on old paintings of ships , seems i was wrong.

8 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 1

yeah the scale of that thing was astounding

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One of my favorite posts on here in some time, thanks OP

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

We have got at least three that are nonsense in this list.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Why the fuck is George Washington's hair in a cane?

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Boar Vessel, 600-500 BC, Etruscan, ceramic ?

8 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

The stupidest meme

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So number 5 is a ... wino?

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Anyone else blown away by the "Devils Work" ivory piece?!?!

8 years ago | Likes 51 Dislikes 0

there's one at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem MA also - it always amazed me.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It’s currently housed at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. Incredible in person!

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Looks like a prototype Event Horizon drive.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I have one like that! Not as intricate, but gorgeous. My great-uncle bought it mid-century, long before the ivory trade restrictions.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

omg HAVE one?!!!!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/2301805-antique-ivory-devil-s-ball-china-c-1920 This one is comparable to mine, sold for $375 in 2015.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I don’t know exact dates of creation but my family’s also has condition flaws in the base. Highly doubt it’s worth more than 300-500.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

wow omg I totes need to get one of these things, I love them

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Great post.

8 years ago | Likes 469 Dislikes 0

Username checks out.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I like that it didn't focus on history from just one country, it was actual world history. From Tibet, Afghanistan, Ireland, USA, Egypt, etc

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Agreed.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Should we start calling it a Roman Pocket Knife or what? Swiss are going to be pretty pissed

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

TIL the Romans invented the Leathermen.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

#3 You know that losing that damn thing ruined that guy's day.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

megalodon tooth fossil is a KNOWN fake, btw

8 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 1

Also not what it claims to be: Shakespeare's death mask ("Kesselstadt death mask"), and Marie-Antoinette's watch. This one is modern.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The watch could've been made for her. Last week. Posthumously.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Still good to look at, but good to know.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

He may be 8ft tall but he's got no arms

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Best post I've seen on Imgur. Sincere thanks OP :)

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That death mask is likely to be a fake

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This, too:

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I am amazed by the beauty and ingenuity by most of these.. before I know how old they are.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

THIS is the kind of shit I wanted to see in History class when I was in High School.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Minus the four fake ones (megalodon tooth, which isn't history anyways), M.-A.'s watch, the death mask, and the poison cabinet.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"Oh man that's a really cool mace, where did you-" *BONK*

8 years ago | Likes 175 Dislikes 1

"Bonk" is a massive understatement

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I laughed waaaay too hard at this comment

8 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 2

The ivory ball and the Spanish flag got me. That flag would've been phenomenal to see flying from the ship

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People In 1504 knew the Earth was a globe and nowadays there are people who think its flat

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The ancient Greeks had calculated the true circumference of the earth to +/- 50 miles.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The magic of the internet: you can always find other nutcases to validate your harebrained ideas.

8 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

People In 350 B.C. knew the Earth was a globe and nowadays there are people who think it's flat.

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

There have always been people who thought it was flat, they just didn't have the internet to spread their idiocy.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh it's even worse, we've known the earth was round since ancient Egypt

8 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 1

Truthfully I knew about that, was just using the evidence in the list :)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

we

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Keanu goes by CaptinCuddles on here

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hahaha

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The megaladon tooth in whale vertebrate is fake

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

3000 year old trousers..... And people tell me to get rid of my old clothes.

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#18 Someone call InGen, we’re cloning Washington

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Oh, no. He'll be so disappointed that no one paid attention to his Farewell Address. He would likely give a good dressing down and go home.

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

We'll make all the Washingtons female! So they can't reproduce on their own! Spare NO expense!

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Thats how you make the antichrist, yaknow

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I want a Jurassic Park style movie but with George Washington. Better known, a pack of Washingtons.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Do it!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Could probably get something off Napoleon's toothbrush too.

8 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

Get out the frog DNA!

8 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

HON HON HON HON HON! We're everywhere.

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So he's gonna lead us again in a revolution?

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"I said no parties while I was gone."

8 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Much worse... https://youtu.be/l7iVsdRbhnc

8 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

Oh heck yes!

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

That was awful. I loved it.

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

What the fuck did I just watch... And why am I watching it again...?

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

More people need to see this

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

Go, let the world know.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Not a historian, but just fascinated with history. I would guess the eagle mace is German

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Maces fell out of use in Germany during the 1500s. In Russia they were used much later, under Turkic/Turkish influence.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Plus looks like a ceremonial piece from the 1800s anyways.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Russia used the imperial eagle too. I wouldn't be surprised by either.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Well, he looks 'armless.

8 years ago | Likes 111 Dislikes 0

Can anyone find something showing this to be true?

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

großer schwanz...

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Natürlich....

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Have the goddamn upvote.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Also I was only able to count 2 feet.. where are the other 6?

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That's because he's unarmed

8 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

No wonder he died

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8 ft tho... It's like 2m40, that's so fucking huge. I bet the enemy was shitting its pants at the sight of this giant.

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Prodigious size alone does not dissuade the sharpened blade.

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Absolute unit.

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They were in awe at the size of this lad

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