Sestertius of Claudius, Rome, r. 41 - 54 CE

Claudius

Kay Khusraw Reviews His Troops (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Story of Kay Khusraw Reviewing his Army, and Tus Leading the Iranians into Turan (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1827 - 1910

William Holman Hunt

Macehead

Iranian

Naval Weapons Testing Base (abandoned in 1974 because of total contamination) The Salton Sea: 45 square miles, California, 1926 -

Barbara Norfleet

Sestertius of Claudius, Rome, r. 41 - 54 CE

Claudius

Tanged arrow-head

Dagger Blade with Four Rivets

Cycladic

Dagger Pommel with Runic Inscription

Anglo-Saxon

Flanged Axe Head

Irish

Palstave

European

Socketed Axe Head

Irish

Flanged Axe Head

Irish

Large Dagger

Anatolian

Small Dagger

Anatolian

Palstave

European

Shaft-Hole Axe with Boar's Head

Anatolian

Flanged Axe Head

European

Dagger Blade, Etched with Arabesques and Arabic

Persian