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Robe and Axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people.
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The Kiss of Death is a marble sculpture, found in Poblenou Cemetery in Barcelona. The sculpture is thought to have been created by Jaume Barba.
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A map of every country in the world using a MM/DD/YYYY date format.
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Chichen Itza was pre-Columbian city built by Mayans. Located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico.
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Samurai, 1866. Photograph by Felice Beato
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Statue of King Arthur by Rubin Eynon, Tintagel Castle, England.
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Ceramic water pipes found near Epang Palace. China, Warring States, 5th-3rd century BCE
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Beautifully decorated back of a French ceremonial armor, circa 1575–80.
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This miniature ecosystem has been thriving in an almost completely isolated state since 1960. It has been watered just once in that time.
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A statue of Yasuke, an African slave, who arrived in Japan in 1579 and may have been the first black Samurai. bit.ly/3yoqoIo
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Serving a snack on Scandinavian Airlines flight, 1969
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An Anubis statue in Tut Ankh Amun's tomb. Photo taken during the Carter expedition, 1922.
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Drain pipe of Château de Pierrefonds, France, 1393-1407.
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Skull of a young girl found in Patras, Greece dating back to the 3rd century BCE. She was buried wearing a wreath made of ceramic myrtle flowers.
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Galileo Galilei's first drawings of the moon after viewing it through his telescope in 1609 CE.
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Close detail of "The Green Man”, 1200's AD, Early Gothic, Bamberg Cathedral, Germany.
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Irish family eating a meal of potatoes and milk, 1917.
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Inky paw prints left by a cat on a 15th-century manuscript.
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The interior of the Orient Express. This long-distance passenger train service was created in 1883.
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Built in the 1240s, Castel del Monte (Italian for "Castle of the Mountain") is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.
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Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who refused to surrender until 1974, 29 years after WW2 ended.
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A Filipino baby and her family inside a human zoo in New York (Coney Island), US, 1906. Human zoos were once very common in the Western world.
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Fossil of 37 million years old Whale Skeleton (65ft+ long) found in Wadi Al Hitan, Egyptian desert.
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