A Thread of Crazy things from the past 🧵
1. An incredible 3,300-year-old hairstyle on a preserved ancient Egyptian head
1. An incredible 3,300-year-old hairstyle on a preserved ancient Egyptian head
2. Vampire killing kit
3. Candle snuffer from 1840s
4. Seats of an airplane, 1930
5. King Carlo Alberto's royal Italian writing desk, ca. 1840
Both beautiful and practical, this magnificent masterpiece and its matching armchair are filled with secret drawers and compartments.
Both beautiful and practical, this magnificent masterpiece and its matching armchair are filled with secret drawers and compartments.
6. A Victorian dollhouse, late-1800s
7. 1920s toaster
7. Victorian era radiator with bread warmer
8. Reusable grocery list from the 1950s
9. A perfume bottle consisting of eight small glass bottles shaped as orange segments, ca. 1925
10. Skeleton rocking chair, 19th Century
11. Mechanical lighter from the 1800s
12. Bat lantern from 1930
13. "Robot Bar" by Borghesani (1969)
14. This stunning 2,000-year-old sapphire ring is believed to have belonged to Roman Emperor Caligula and is thought to depict his fourth wife, Caesonia.
15. Victorian era radiator with bread warmer
16. Roman rock crystal gaming dice, marked one to six just like any modern dice, 1st-2nd century AD
17. 3,300 year old sandals belonging to Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun
18. Mary Magdalene's alleged skull, displayed at the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in Southern France.
The blackened skull of Mary Magdalene, one of the female followers of Jesus Christ, was analyzed in 1974 and has remained sealed inside a glass case since then.
The blackened skull of Mary Magdalene, one of the female followers of Jesus Christ, was analyzed in 1974 and has remained sealed inside a glass case since then.
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