artifacts

Home / Categories / artifacts

Search category post



death mask of pakal the great in mexico city,...

death mask of pakal the great in mexico city,...

When it was discovered in 1952 during an excavation of theTemple of Inscriptions in the ruined Mayan...


Read more
daisy airgun museum in rogers, arkansas

daisy airgun museum in rogers, arkansas

In the canon of American Christmas symbols,Ralphie’s Red Ryder BB gun is as iconic as the Grinch...


Read more
the lady of cerro de los santos in madrid, spain

the lady of cerro de los santos in madrid, spain

With her ample hair,wide staring eyes, fierce femininity, and air of the supernatural,this...


Read more
whydah pirate museum in yarmouth, massachusetts

whydah pirate museum in yarmouth, massachusetts

The Whydah Gally was built in London in 1715,primarily as a slave ship. The captain was an...


Read more
amparo museum in heroica puebla de zaragoza,...

amparo museum in heroica puebla de zaragoza,...

Located in the city of Puebla and housed in two colonial-era buildings,the Amparo Museum...


Read more
cave of the seven palaces in almunecar, spain

cave of the seven palaces in almunecar, spain

The hauntingly cryptlike Cave of the Seven Palaces (Cueva de los Siete Palacios in Spanish) is an...


Read more
the worlds oldest football in stirling, scotland

the worlds oldest football in stirling, scotland

Just below Castle Rock,beneath the westerly shadows of Stirling Castle, lies the Stirling Stewart...


Read more
tophet of motya in marsala, italy

tophet of motya in marsala, italy

The city of Motya was a wealthy Phoenician colony located on a small island off the western coast of...


Read more
scuttlebutt: thanksgiving 1943

scuttlebutt: thanksgiving 1943

The Naval Institute Archive was recently the recipient of a lucky find by Bill Foley of Boston who...


Read more