A bronze spear with figurines of hanging men. Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE-25 CE), now housed at the Yunnan Provincial Museum in China [1080×2400] by Fuckoff555
September 18, 2024A Cabmen’s Shelter. In the days of hansom cabs cabbies couldn’t leave their cab just anywhere to eat a hot meal in case it got stolen. If they went to a pub they’d have to pay a minder to watch it and also might drink too much so in 1875 a charity was created to build and run these. [4791×2752]
September 18, 2024This is an Inuit Lance Head, displayed in the Enlightenment Gallery (in the King’s Library). It was collected in Greenland in 1811 by John Ross while searching for the North West Passage. [3884×2340]
detroit_canicross on September 15, 2024 1:19 pm I love it when history reveals something so metal and badass that if it came from a fantasy author/illustrator’s imagination many people would claim it was too unrealistic.
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That is brutal
I love it when history reveals something so metal and badass that if it came from a fantasy author/illustrator’s imagination many people would claim it was too unrealistic.
Nasty business.