Museum Secrets

Gems discovered in museums around the world.
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The Headdress of sitting bull - This is the real crown of a real chieftain! At the Royal Ontario Museum - This was cool!
The Headdress of sitting bull - This is the real crown of a real chieftain! At the Royal Ontario Museum - This was cool!
museum display with an arrow and other items in glass cases on the floor next to each other
Alaskan inuit bow - Composite recurve, Whalebone and Sinew!!! :o
a man in black shirt working on a piece of paper with light coming from it
Examining the 10th Ballinderry Viking Bow from Co. Meath, Ireland During my Master's Thesis :)
an image of the time of viking age bows from ireland
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Medieval Bow Fragments from Waterford and Dublin, 10th to 13th century.
a rock sitting on top of some steps
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Borg Arrowhead - Lofotr Viking Museum
an antique clock is on display in a glass case with other items around it and people looking at it
King George's Orrery - British Museum London
a close up of a paper with drawings and a magnifying glass on it
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Plan of the ‘Living Quarter’ from the excavations of Borg 1, showing charcoal deposits and post-holes where the supporting beams were (Munch et al 2003)
an egyptian adventure set in its box
Get Set! Egyptian Adventure kit 1990s
an old pair of boots with laces on the inside and side, sitting next to a ruler
11th century Rus boot.
an intricately carved bench sits against a white wall and looks like it could be used as a sculpture
Carving on a 9th century Viking boat
viking ship carvings
a rock sitting on top of some steps
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The Single Arrowhead from Borg I
a man holding two bows and arrows in front of a glass door with the reflection of him
The Vikings of Bjornstad
The Vikings of Bjornstad - Viking Museum Haithabu A good indication of the lengths of Viking bows and arrows.
an ancient painting with egyptian figures and hieroglyphics on the side of a wall
A page from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Taken from the Egyptology Museum in Torino :)
a long thin piece of bread on a brown surface with one end sticking out from the ground
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World's Oldest Known Spear -- The Schöningen Javelin -- Dates from approximately 400,000 BCE -- Via Irish Archaeology
an assortment of metal tools displayed in a glass case