Here are some of the most impressive historical artifacts that constitute material evidence of the dexterous workmanship of old times.
2000-year-old sapphire ring presumably depicting Roman Emperor Caligula’s fourth wife Caesonia
![historical artifacts, sapphire caligula ring](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-1.jpg)
Possibly 25 000-year-old huts made of mammoth bones found in Mezhyrich, Ukraine
![historical artifacts, 25 000-year-old huts](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-2.jpg)
The Veiled Christ sculptured by Cappella Sansevero in 1753
![historical artifacts the veiled christ](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-3.jpg)
![the veiled christ](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-4.jpg)
8-mile-long Ice Age drawings in the Amazon Rainforest
1,500-year-old Ceramic Mayan Figurine from Petén, Guatemala.
![ceramic mayan figurine](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-5.jpg)
Made in 1410, the famous astronomical clock in Prague is the oldest still ticking clock in the world.
![historical artifacts prague astronomical clock](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-6.jpg)
The small village of Nashtifan, Iran, contains some of the oldest windmills, or panemones, that still function. It is estimated that the windmills have been milling grain for 1000 years.
![historical artifacts, Nashtifan windmills](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-7.jpg)
![Nashtifan windmills](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-8.jpg)
A 17th-century Ottoman tent made of silk and gilded leather. The tent is now on display at the Turkish Chamber at the Dresden Armoury Museum in Germany.
![17th century ottoman tent](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-9.jpg)
Made in 1555, this Hercules armor belonged to the Emperor Maximilian II of Austria. The intricately ornamented armor is now on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
![armor of maximilian II](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-10.jpg)
The 2300-year-old boot of a Scythian woman well-preserved in the frozen ground of the Altai Mountains.
![2300-year-old boot of a Scythian woman](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-11.jpg)
A Viking-era ring discovered in the grave of a woman buried 1200 years ago in Birka, 25 km west of present-day Stockholm. Surprisingly, the words ‘for Allah’ were inscribed on the ring. The ring also constitutes material proof of direct contact between the Vikings and the Abbasid Caliphate.
![historical artifacts viking era ring](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-12.jpg)
2000-year-old ‘Beware of Dog’ sign in the form of a mosaic at the entrance of a Roman poet’s house in Pompeii.
![ancient beware of the dog sign](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-13.jpg)
A Samurai helmet, also known as kabuko, shaped like an octopus dates back to the 1700s.
![](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/samurai-octopus-helmet.jpg)
This ancient Egyptian gold ring with a cat-shaped carnelian bezel dates back to the Third Intermediate Period (1070–712 BC). It is now on display at the British Museum.
![historical artifacts, cat shaped ancient Egyptian ring](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-15.jpg)
Incan Wall dating back to the 1400s presents the skillful workmanship of stonemasonry.
![historical artifacts, incan wall](http://i0.wp.com/themindcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/historical-artifacts-16.jpg)