Historical artifacts

Rare tools, art, and objects of archaeological interest.

Page: The Core Curriculum - The Core Curriculum is the heart of the Columbia College education. Its central intellectual mission is to provide all students with wide-ranging perspectives, a deeper understanding of history, and critical and creative thinking skills through the study of literature, science, philosophy, music, and art. Working in small seminars, students engage

Last week, we posted on how scholars have tried to recover the original pronunciations of Shakespeare’s plays and poems when performed on the stage. Today, we bring you the bard’s original handwriting.

Over on Reddit, people are asking internet strangers for help identifying mysterious and strange historical objects they found in the most mundane places. From devils found in attics to historical artifacts that need a bit of explaining, here are a few odd objects that needed identification. Click here for more odd objects from the past >> #mysteryobjects #historymystery #oldartifacts #redditfinds #internetsleuths #strangefinds #historicalmysteries #surprisingdiscoveries

The Oxus treasure is a collection of about 180 surviving pieces of metalwork in gold and silver, most relatively small, and around 200 coins, from the Achaemeni...

Venus Paleolithic Figurines

Over on Reddit, people are asking internet strangers for help identifying mysterious and strange historical objects they found in the most mundane places. From weird jewelry found in strange spots to historical artifacts that need a bit of explaining, here are a bunch of odd objects that needed identification. Click here for more odd objects from the past >> #artifacts #history #mystery #discovery #antiques #reddit #identification #oddities

For over three hundred years, people in Europe -- particularly the Netherlands and Great Britain -- have been finding strange 12-sided objects in the