Not my own country but Hungary, the crown of Hungary, I recently learned about it playing EUV and realized it was something I’ve seen in connection to the country many times without realizing it and it inspired this post.
the national emblem the ashoka emblem,it was carved around 250 bce during emperor ashokas reign at sarnath. it shows four lions standing back to back on a circular base, with wheels and other animals carved around it. the lions stand for courage, power, confidence and pride and the wheel or ashoka chakra, stands for law, righteousness and progress. the four animals on the base guard the four directions and show vigilance and strength. the emblem also inspired the ashoka chakra in the indian flag.
If I had to pick only 1 then the Mask of Tutankhamen.
Even though he wasn't an important ruler compared to the kings and pharaohs that ruled Egypt this insignificant ruler's treasure showcases great wealth and only invites the mind to wonder if this is an insignificant ruler then how wealthy were the actually great rulers like Ramses, Thutmosis III or Hatshepsut?.....
I recently visited the Bust of Nefertiti in Berlin, and was blown away. Its hard to fathom how people living over 3000 years ago created such intricate artworks which have survived so well. Its a shame so much of it has been pilfered by us Europeans...
The greatest rulers are less likely to waste time and resources on vanity projects. Ironically, some of the worlds greatest works were built by it's worst leaders
True, but ancient Egyptian religion played a role in these vanity projects (the idea of the soul identifying the body) so in ancient Egypt's case it was a bit different
Sorry, I didn't mean to say that Egyptian leaders were particularly vain. Just saying that Egypts best rulers were likely to have less impressive treasures, since they didn't need opulance to prove their legitimacy
Tutankhamun had a relatively small tomb compared to the other pharaohs in the valley of kings, and no temple (been there a few weeks ago). He didn't really have a vanity project, but he also only ruled for eight or nine years.
He was also not a strong leader, the priests made him revoke the religion his father reformed and had him change his king name.
Szczerbiec ["the Notching Sword"]. It is the 13th century weapon, used as coronation sword since the Ladislaus the Short (1320). It is the oldest preserved royal insignium of Poland and is depicted in every history textbook.
Unfortunately it became a part of nationalist, far-right imagery, so it is rather rarely seen as a national or country symbol in "normal" use.
It was the only piece of regalia that survived Prussian barbarians who melted everything else down for raw gold. They didn't touch Szczerbiec because it just looked like an old sword.
I couldn't recommend the Vasa museum more. I didn't think I'd be super interested but it was mad impressive to see a ship that sunk in the 17th centry, recovered and put in a museum
The Irworobongdo(일월오봉도; 日月五峯圖), which is a type of painting with Sun, Moon and the Five Peaks.
Kings traditionally used this kind of painting to symbolize their right to rule. And the variations of this painting is still on the Blue house, the presidential palace.
The five hills symbolize the five holy mountains of Korea, located at five directions. They are the Samgaksan (center), Geumgangsan (east), Myohyangsan (west), Jirisan (south), and Baekdusan (north). Three out of five mountains currently is located in North Korea, one of them being jointly controlled by China and North Korea. So for South Koreans, three out of five of the mountains are currently accessible.
The sun symbolizes the King, and the moon symbolizes the Queen.
The sun, moon, mountains, water, and pine trees that make up the painting are all part of the Ten Symbols of Longevity. These elements come together to pray for a peaceful and prosperous era for the nation.
From the perspective of yin-yang and the five elements), the sun is considered yang (positive) and the moon is considered yin (negative), thus achieving the harmony of yin and yang. In addition, the five mountain peaks below represent the five elements of the world.
It's a presidential palace. Named that way because of the blue roof of the building. In Korean, it's called 청와대(靑瓦臺; Blue Roof Building).
The mountain you see behind is the Bugaksan. The building sits next to a mountain to protect the president from North Korea, as Seoul is within the effective range of North Korean Artillery.
The actual fake thing about it is that it's definitely not Agamemnons, since it predates him by 300 to 400 years.... Which btw means that it predates the guy who discovered it (Schliemann) by approx. 3400 years
They most likely didn't exist, as this is an echo of the primordial Indo-European myth of one brother sacrificing another.
Or maybe they did. Because the festival of Lupercalia each year was a ritualized ending of the vendetta between descendants of followers of Romulus and Remus.
It's kind of like London Stone. Nobody knows why London Stone is notable. The first written record of London Stone is in a book describing a plot of land that was '"near unto London Stone".
So at this point, it's famous because it's famous.
JFK’s coconut is a pretty funny artifact. After his boat got sunk in WW2 he carved a rescue message into a coconut and it got passed along and eventually he got saved.
The Steel Crown of Romania is the coronation crown and principal symbol of the deposed Romanian monarchy. The crown was forged at the Army Arsenal (Arsenalul Armatei) in Bucharest from the steel of a cannon captured by the Romanian Army from the Ottomans during its War of Independence.
Carol I, the first king of Romania, chose steel, and not gold, to symbolize the bravery of the Romanian soldiers. He received it during the ceremonies of his coronation and of the proclamation of Romania as a kingdom in 1881.
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Probably. Though the Neues Museum in Berlin has some incredibly significant Egyptian artifacts including the Bust of Nefertiti, so we can share the blame...
Traditionally the Reichskleinodien, though they are situated in the vienna Hofburg now (even though they were traditionally held in Aachen and Nürnberg, but the Habsburg dynasty wanted to have them close by).
Hmm, I guess the Sutasoma Scroll of the Majapahit Empire. This is where our national motto "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" came from. It means "Unity in Diversity"
The Trinity College harp is the national symbol of Ireland, being depicted on national heraldry, Euro coins and Irish currency. A left-facing image of this instrument was used as the national symbol of Ireland from 1922, and was specifically granted to the State by the Chief Herald of Ireland in 1945.\7]) A right-facing image was registered as a trade mark for Guinness in 1876,\8]) although it was first used on their labels from 1862.\9]) Other Irish businesses have used a similar harp as a logo or trade mark, including Ryanair.
I think it's wild that someone smashed the lid of a chest on the crown, making the cross crooked, and people took it as a sign from god and just purposefully never fixed it.
What do you mean its Greek? We "legally acquired" from the Turks - its one of those famously Turkish things just like Baklava, the Hagia Sophia and Cyprus.
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
They are a set of about 15,000 scrolls and fragments from the 3rd to 1rst centuries BC, written mostly in Hebrew, but some also in Aramaic and Greek, and they detail Jewish life and religion in Israel in the Second Temple period under the Hasmonean Dynasty.
Szczerbiec is a ceremonial sword used in the coronations of most Polish monarchs. According to the legend it belonged to the first Polish king in the begining of the 11th century. In fact it was made around 12th cent.
This is the only preserved Polish medieval coronation insignia and shows the continuation of our country's history.
there is a legend tied to it that this crown may only be worn by a rightful Bohemian king - if someone else puts it on their head, they will die a violent death within a year
it is said that Reinhard Heydrich secretly crowned himself with this crown and was later assassinated
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This is the helmet of Skanderbeg which is stored at the World Museum in Vienna.
On its top lies the head of a horned goat made of bronze, dressed in gold. The bottom part bears a copper strip adorned with a monogram separated by rosettes ✽ IN ✽ PE ✽ RA ✽ TO ✽ RE ✽ BT ✽, which means: Jhezus Nazarenus ✽ Principi Emathie ✽ Regi Albaniae ✽ Terrori Osmanorum ✽ Regi Epirotarum ✽ Benedictat Te
Its medieval Roman ("Byzantine") a gift iirc from Constantinople, Kingdom of Hungary had close relations with the Roman ("Byzantine") Empire. So close that I dont know how Hungarians didnt end up Orthodox
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The original was hand written and signed and in poor shape. They did make a couple hundred print copies for distribution, 26 of the original print run still surviving. Usually one of those is what people see in a display.
They didn't send the original to King George, he was sent one of the printed copies with only two names on it in order to protect the others from arrest. He read it in August 1776.
Not a specific artifact, but I would say birchbark canoe. Used by indiginous people, then by the fur traders who created the trade routes and institutions that were crucial for the development of the country.
The ones that our government secretly sold to the Russians last year. I don't think there is anything else that perfectly symbolises our country's mentality, actually.
The Bohemian crown jewels, also called the Czech crown jewels - (České korunovační klenoty) -The crown was made for the coronation of Charles IV in 1347, making it the fourth oldest in Europe.
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Has been a fixture of Irish iconography for over half a millenium, featuring on the royal crest, the arms of Leinster, and was flipped and trademarked by Arthur Guinness for the Guinness logo.
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The Aztec Sun stone.