101
What the earliest modern humans likely looked like 160,000 years ago.
Courtesy of Moesgaard Museum, Denmark
102
Detail of a bronze statue of Standing Parvati. Chola period, c.1200 CE, Tamil Nadu, India
103
The ornate helmet of Ferdinand Hapsburg II, the Holy Roman Emperor. 16th century AD.
104
A Peruvian woman and her baby in the Andes, 1930s.
105
Amazing detail on Michaelangelo's Moses. Humans have a small muscle on the forearm that's only visible when they lift a pinky. Because Moses is lifting his pinky, the muscle is contracted.
106
The Scaligero Castle is a fortress built in the 14th century in Sirmione, Italy.
107
The unbroken seal On Tutankhamen’s Tomb, 1922
108
The ornate helmet of Ferdinand Hapsburg II, the Holy Roman Emperor. 16th century AD.
109
Ancient wooden gate of temple, Purulia, West Bengal
110
Wedding rings removed from Holocaust victims before they were executed, 1945
111
Rio de Janeiro's Botanical Garden was created by King John VI of Portugal in 1808. Today, it's home to 6,500 species of plants distributed throughout an area of 130 acres. Read more: bit.ly/3hSGUtD
112
A 3,400 year old painter's palette originating from ancient Egypt.
113
A statue probably representing the Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra III, 142-101 BCE, in the sunken city of Thonis, Heracleion.
114
The Le Passe-muraille (Passer-Through-Walls ) sculpture in the Paris catacombs
115
A ghost sculpture found at the castle of Vezio, Italy
116
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I's armored gauntlets, which he owned from 1508 until his death in 1519.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
117
Samurai, 1866. Photograph by Felice Beato
119
A Gargoyle of Notre Dame, 1920. Photo by Pierre Yves-Petit.
121
A map of every country in the world using a MM/DD/YYYY date format.
122
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.
123
The 2,300-year-old Grand Theatre of Ephesus, in Turkey, before and after excavation
124
The first known photo of a surfer. Oahu, Hawaii 1890.
125
The ancient Greek city of Ephesus in present-day Turkey.
Learn Weird Things About History @historydefined@mastodonapp.uk
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.