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The Mainz Gladius, also known as the Sword of Tiberius, is a renowned Roman sword and scabbard discovered in the Rhine near Mainz, Germany. It has been housed in the British Museum since 1866.

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The Mainz Gladius, also known as the Sword of Tiberius, is a renowned Roman sword and scabbard discovered in the Rhine near Mainz, Germany. It has been housed in the British Museum since 1866.

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The Kirkburn sword; a decorated blade with its scabbard, made of iron, copper alloy, horn, & glass. Discovered at an iron-age grave at Kirkburn, England; dated to 300 BCE - 200 BCE ca. At the British museum, nr. 1987,0404.2

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The Kirkburn sword; a decorated blade with its scabbard, made of iron, copper alloy, horn, & glass. Discovered at an iron-age grave at Kirkburn, England; dated to 300 BCE - 200 BCE ca. At the British museum, nr. 1987,0404.2

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2nd century CE Roman leather shoes for a man, woman and child, recovered from the Bar Hill Fort in the centre of the Antonine Wall. Now housed at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland

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2nd century CE Roman leather shoes for a man, woman and child, recovered from the Bar Hill Fort in the centre of the Antonine Wall. Now housed at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland

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Sumerian necklaces and headgear discovered in royal graves. British Museum.

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Sumerian necklaces and headgear discovered in royal graves. British Museum.

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A Roman knobbed blue glass beaker with a plain ground rim, bulging sides and a flat base: blown into a silver case with openwork designs. 50-100 CE, from Italy, now housed at the British Museum

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A Roman knobbed blue glass beaker with a plain ground rim, bulging sides and a flat base: blown into a silver case with openwork designs. 50-100 CE, from Italy, now housed at the British Museum

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An Achaemenid sword made of pure gold discovered in Hamadan, Iran. It is currently kept in the National Museum of Iran.

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An Achaemenid sword made of pure gold discovered in Hamadan, Iran. It is currently kept in the National Museum of Iran.

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The crown of Kerch is a golden diadem of a noble lady that was discovered in a Migration-period tomb in Crimea, Ukraine. It is inlayed with red, garnet gemstones. Late 4th/1st half of 5th Century CE, now housed at the Römisch-Germanisches Museum in Germany

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The crown of Kerch is a golden diadem of a noble lady that was discovered in a Migration-period tomb in Crimea, Ukraine. It is inlayed with red, garnet gemstones. Late 4th/1st half of 5th Century CE, now housed at the Römisch-Germanisches Museum in Germany

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A 2,500-year-old Persian Acinaces, one of the few remaining royal swords from the Achaemenid Empire in exceptional condition. Made of pure gold and related to the era of Darius the Great, it was discovered in Hamadan , and is housed at National Museum of Iran.

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A 2,500-year-old Persian Acinaces, one of the few remaining royal swords from the Achaemenid Empire in exceptional condition. Made of pure gold and related to the era of Darius the Great, it was discovered in Hamadan , and is housed at National Museum of Iran.

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A16th-century CE incense storage container in the shape of a ship. Coins of the Roman Emperor Nero, minted between 64 and 68 CE, have been attached as wheels. Now housed at the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Germany

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A16th-century CE incense storage container in the shape of a ship. Coins of the Roman Emperor Nero, minted between 64 and 68 CE, have been attached as wheels. Now housed at the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Germany

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A Roman glass bottle containing cremation. 1-200 CE, found in Hertfordshire in England and now housed at the British Museum

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A Roman glass bottle containing cremation. 1-200 CE, found in Hertfordshire in England and now housed at the British Museum

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A 1,500-year-old Roman grasswork hat, discovered during Flinders Petrie's 1901–1902 excavation in Egypt, and now housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. In 2017, it was radiocarbon dated to 420-568 CE

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A 1,500-year-old Roman grasswork hat, discovered during Flinders Petrie's 1901–1902 excavation in Egypt, and now housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. In 2017, it was radiocarbon dated to 420-568 CE

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Roman marble relief showing captured weapons: armor, shields, swords, battle axe, quiver of arrows, ram's head. The object dates back to the 1st-2nd century CE. The artifact is in the British Museum and was discovered in Rome.

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Roman marble relief showing captured weapons: armor, shields, swords, battle axe, quiver of arrows, ram's head. The object dates back to the 1st-2nd century CE. The artifact is in the British Museum and was discovered in Rome.

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Portrait of a Roman made on glass. The find was discovered in Pompeii and is dated to 79 CE.

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Portrait of a Roman made on glass. The find was discovered in Pompeii and is dated to 79 CE.

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A stout barkcloth coloured red and black in painted design of lines, triangles, and zigzags. From Hawaii, 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A stout barkcloth coloured red and black in painted design of lines, triangles, and zigzags. From Hawaii, 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger, that was discovered by an archeology intern in 2019 in Germany, before and after nine months of careful restoration work

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A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger, that was discovered by an archeology intern in 2019 in Germany, before and after nine months of careful restoration work

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A silk hairnet made in the 2nd half of the 14th century CE, now housed at the Museum Kunstpalast in Germany

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A silk hairnet made in the 2nd half of the 14th century CE, now housed at the Museum Kunstpalast in Germany

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