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💬 0  🔁 8  ❤️ 6 · Close helmet, France, circa 1580-1590 from The Musee de l'Armee

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An Oakeshott type XVIIId Arming Sword with a lavishly enameled copper hilt,

OaL: 35.4 in/90 cm

Width: 6.1 in/15.5 cm

France, ca. 1300 (likely later), housed at the Museo Lazaro Galdiano.

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Kawari kabuto, Japan, 17th century

from Sotheby's

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1.6M views · 36K reactions | 5 years ago today, two of the finest artifacts in Texas were discovered. A set of incredible cache blades foun

5 years ago today, two of the finest artifacts in Texas were discovered. A set of incredible cache blades found by @jameslong in Jonesboro,

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Greek bronze helmet with two winged youths and a pair of entwined serpents on both sides. The figures are meant to represent either Daedalus and his son Icarus or local daemonic beings

7th century BCE

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1989.281.50

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@ankara52 in Art History Academy community

National Museum of Korea (국립중앙박물관): Helmets and armor of soldiers from the Gaya culture. The Gaya culture was an ancient Korean kingdom tha

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A long and slender Estoc,

OaL: 49.5 in/125.7 cm

Blade Length: 39.6 in/100.6 cm

Germany, ca. 1525-1540, housed at the Wallace Collection.

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Gilbert Islands daggers Kiribati, Micronesia

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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE MONTEFORTINO HELMET CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

The Etruscan civilization was a powerful, advanced culture in ancient Italy (modern Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio) that flourished from roughly 800 to 300 BCE before being absorbed by Rome. Known for rich trade, mining, and art, they built a confederation of city-states, influenced Roman religion, engineering, and architecture, and granted women high social status.

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Factory engraved New Havens Arms Co. lever action rifle, United States, circa 1860's

from Rock Island Auctions

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Miquelet blunderbuss mounted with nielloed silver, brass, bone/ivory, and turquoise, The Balkans, mid 19th century

from Czerny's International Auction House

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Traditional clubs from Vanuatu

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Chinese bronze sword with gold and turquoise hilt, circa 475-220 BC.

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Chinese dagger axe with turqouise inlaid bronze hilt and nephrite blade, Shang Dynasty, 12th century BC