15 amazing historical artifacts that have survived to this day (16 photos)

In past, less technologically advanced centuries, people had a more difficult life than we do today, but if the masters of those times created some kind of product, then it was doomed to exist for centuries and amaze even the distant descendants of his contemporaries.





Household objects of previous centuries did not consist entirely of plastic, were less convenient and, most often, less functional, but what they looked like! What attention to detail! We love to look at ancient artifacts that amaze with their longevity, insanely cool designs and impressive performance.

You will like this too, we assure you.

Black cat by the painter Min Zhen. China, Qin dynasty, 18th century



Carving of a tanuki wearing a lotus leaf hat and cloak. Japan, 19th century





Tanuki is a raccoon dog. That's what they are called in Japan.

Chinese Qin sword with gold openwork hilt, 770–476 BC



Knight armor for hound



Pair of gold earrings, India, 1st century BC



A boy's robe made from hexagonal silk scraps. China, Qin dynasty, late 19th century



Men's shoes made of silk and leather, 1690–1700, France



Armor of Kaiser Maximilian II, 1557



Kept in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Bracelets recovered from the tomb of Queen Hetepheres I, 2575–2550 BC (4th Dynasty)



They were discovered in Giza. Made from silver, turquoise, lapis lazuli and carnelian, which were among the most expensive materials of the time.

Extendable bamboo chair. China, Qing Dynasty, early 1800s



A figurine of an octopus carved from wood. Japan, 19th century



Helmet with red iron mask. Japan, Edo period, 1615-1650



Celtic sword from 60 BC with an image of a human body on the hilt



Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Gold mourning ring with the inscription "May love endure till death do us part", England, 1600s



Now kept in the British Museum.

Twenty-barreled Venetian arquebus. Real power!