Ancient people couldn't text or take glamorous selfies, but despite this, they were willing to use flush toilets, chewing gum, and cute handbags, just like you and me.

We enjoy many modern technologies, but most of the everyday items we use have been around for ages.

An expanded list of the most ancient examples of everyday items has been compiled for you. It is worth noting that these are the most ancient surviving objects, many of them existed before, but, alas, there was no evidence of this.

The oldest socks (1500 years)

These Egyptian wool socks were designed to be worn with sandals. They were tied around between 300 and 499 AD, but they were only discovered in the 19th century.

Ancient written recipe (5,000 years old)

The recipe for Sumerian beer was recorded in 3000 BC. Beer according to this recipe is very strong, and large pieces of bread float on its surface.

The oldest sunglasses (800 years)

These glasses were found on Baffin Island, Canada. These are snow goggles that were created to protect the eyes from the bright sunlight reflecting off the snowy surface.

The oldest human sculpture (35,000-40,000 years old)

Cave Venus is already 35,000 - 40,000 years old and is the oldest sculpture depicting a human figure. Mammoth tusk sculpture was found in Germany.

The oldest shoes (5,500 years)

These are 5500 year old cowhide moccasins. Only the right shoe was found in a cave in Armenia. It is perfectly preserved in sheep droppings and grass.

The oldest musical instrument (40,000 years old)

This is the oldest hawk bone flute found in southern Germany. Some scientists believe that music may have given our ancestors a strategic advantage over the Neanderthals.

The oldest trousers (3,300 years)

The most ancient pants were found in Western China.

The oldest flush toilet (2,000 years old)

in Ephesus ancient city Turkey, there were flush toilets. Running water carried waste to a nearby river.

The oldest bra (500 years)

This bra was used between 1390 and 1485 in Austria. There are earlier descriptions of "clothes for the chest", but no examples have survived.

The oldest prosthesis (3,000 years)

This 3,000-year-old prosthesis helped an Egyptian walk again. Tests showed that such a prosthesis really carried not only an aesthetic, but also a functional load.

The oldest handbag (4500 years old)

Dog teeth are the only thing left of a dilapidated ancient bag found in Germany. They were probably part of the outer flap.

The oldest condom (370 years old)

Sheepskin condoms used in 1640 in Sweden. The reusable condom came with instructions in Latin. It should have been washed with warm milk to avoid the risk of contracting venereal diseases.

The oldest chewing gum (5,000 years old)

This chewing gum from Finland was chewed 5,000 years ago. The gum is made from birch bark and was most likely used to heal mouth infections or as an adhesive.

The oldest recorded melody (3,400 years)

The recorded melody for the lyre was found in the modern territory of southern Syria.

Oldest coin (2,700 years old)

This coin was found in ancient Ephesus, Turkey. She was adorned with a lion's head.

The oldest globe (510 years old)

This oldest globe was painstakingly etched onto the surface of an ostrich egg in Italy. Even before its provenance was established, the egg was sold to the current owner at a map show in London in 2012.

Items are scattered all over the place after the battle.

As you play Diablo III, a wide variety of equipment will fall into your hands. Each killed monster with a certain probability will leave behind armor or weapons. Trophies can be stored in each chest and lie under each corpse.

If you see an item on the ground, highlight it and pick it up. It will sparkle to get your attention and for a while you will be able to see its name. That way you know exactly what you're going to get.

Equipment and items

Weapon(swords, bows, magic wands, etc.) determines the damage you deal - a measure of how deadly your attacks are. The higher the damage value, the more likely you are to land a killing blow on your opponents. By upgrading your weapons, you will kill enemies faster and be able to deal more serious blows to even the most nightmarish creatures that invade Sanctuary. The damage meter can be found in the characteristics section, in the character menu (on PC and Mac - the "C" key, on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One - "BACK", on the PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®4 - "SELECT").

After replenishing your arsenal, you can compare new weapons with those already equipped. To do this, select a weapon in the character menu: a description of the changes that will occur if you equip this item will appear.

Used armor(helmets, shields and armor sets) affects your armor value. Your resistance to impact depends on it. The higher this value, the less damage you will receive. By upgrading your armor, you will not only look more protected, but also almost forget about those attacks that could instantly destroy you before. The armor value can be found in the character menu.

Dual and two-handed weapons

When choosing skills to match gear (or vice versa), you often find yourself faced with a difficult choice - should you use a two-handed weapon, a one-handed weapon with an off-hand item, or (if you're playing a monk, barbarian, or demon hunter) dual wielding? It all comes down to your character development and preferred play style.

Below is a list of what you need to consider when making a choice in favor of one or another option.

• If you choose 2 weapons, your attack speed will increase by 15%. This setting increases your damage per second.
• When using 2 weapons, you hit with each weapon in turn. Damage dealt will be based on the stat of the weapon being hit, not the arithmetic average of the stats of the weapons. Thus, the damage dealt per hit will be less than that of a two-handed weapon.
• The bonuses from each equipped weapon are cumulative (for example, if one weapon gives an increase of +20 strength, and the other - +22 strength, then in total you will have +42 strength). Often, dual-wielding will give you more bonuses (and more gems to use) than two-handed weapons.
• Weapons in each hand contribute to greater attack speed. Therefore, you will be able to replenish the resource faster than when using a two-handed weapon.
• When using a two-handed weapon, you will be able to deliver much more powerful blows (compared to one-handed). Skills that deal significant weapon damage (such as 200% weapon damage) will deal more damage (including critical damage). Thus, you can destroy the enemy in a matter of blows.

Generally, dual weapon promotes high attack speed and fast resource replenishment, and also allows you to use more gems and get more bonuses to characteristics. Abilities that can proc on hit also proc more frequently when dual-wielding a weapon. Two-handed weapon Allows you to deal high damage and make powerful critical hits. It's also best used when using area of ​​effect skills frequently.

Equipment - main indicators

Not every weapon or armor suits every hero. Just as skills are reserved for certain classes (a sorcerer, for example, will never master a barbarian's sweeping strikes, and a barbarian will never learn to command the undead), so they use only the right equipment.

Most of the equipment has restrictions on the level of heroes. If the level of your hero is not high enough, you simply will not be able to use certain weapons for the time being. For example, a level 3 barbarian cannot use an ax that requires level 8 experience.

In addition, the use of some equipment is determined by the class of the hero. For example, certain types of ranged weapons are only suitable for demon hunters, while powerful heavy weapons can only be handled by barbarians. Each hero has a unique piece of equipment that is unique to their class. It is specially tailored to the owner and improves one or more of his skills.

Each item of equipment has a certain stock strength, which shows how long it will last in battle before it finally breaks down and becomes unusable. From the use of equipment, the level of durability decreases slightly, from the damage received - more, and when a character dies, the durability of all his things noticeably decreases.

To find out the current and maximum value of an item's durability, select it in the inventory (displayed as: "Durability: 52/60").

If an item's durability is 0, its use will no longer provide a buff. Town merchants can repair damaged items - but not for free, of course.

Item quality

There is another distinctive feature of items that can be noticed even before you pick them up from the ground or buy from a merchant. The name and type of the item are displayed with text of different colors, which indicates their quality.

• Ordinary items - their names are written in white. It is generally the weakest piece of equipment with the lowest level requirement and few or no special properties.

• magical items - their names are written in blue. They are rarer than usual and, as a rule, surpass them in characteristics. Magic items always have at least one special property.

• Rare objects - their names are written yellow. Finding them is not easy, but the benefits from them are usually much greater. Rare items always have a few useful properties.

• Items from sets- Their names are written in green. They are similar to rare ones, but each of them is part of a certain set of equipment (for example: sword + shield + helmet). Using multiple items from the same set further enhances the character. If you are playing on Torment I difficulty or higher, any of these items may be part of ancient kit- with incredibly strong performance. Ancient and common items for sets can be easily combined, that is, if you collect a set of items of different age, you will still receive a bonus from the set. In case of successful passage of the great portal primordial ancient item from the kit. Like other ancient items, these powerful pieces of equipment have higher stats, but their primary and secondary properties have been chosen in such a way as to unleash the full potential of the item.

• Legendary- their names are written in orange. They have such great power and are so rare that some consider them a myth. So, if you are lucky enough to find such an item - rejoice! And if you're playing on Torment I difficulty or higher, any legendary item you drop may be ancient- with even stronger performance. If you successfully complete the level 70 Greater Rift alone, you will have a chance to get primal ancient legendary thing. Like other ancient legendary items, this mythic equipment has higher stats, while its primary and secondary properties are optimally matched. In general, such items are among the most coveted finds for the heroes of Sanctuary.

Found legendary and set items must be recognized to unlock their additional modifiers. Those finds that you have not yet recognized are marked in the inventory with a question mark. On PC, to recognize an item, right-click on it or use the Books of Cain icon on the mini-map: all items in your inventory will be automatically recognized. On consoles, highlight the item in your inventory.

In addition to additional bonuses to the main characteristics, equipment can also have other properties - the game has weapons that drain life from enemies, boots that increase running speed, armor that speeds up health recovery, and items with other mysterious properties.

Consumables

In addition to equipment that will serve you faithfully until you decide to change or sell it, in the game you will find various consumable items that will help you survive in Sanctuary. Some of these items are purchasable, while others are rare and can only be found on the battlefield. Here are some examples of consumable items:

Potions are mystical liquids that instantly heal you, restoring a certain amount of health depending on their power. There are rumors about the existence of more powerful healing potions, which, in addition, have a positive effect on other indicators of the heroes.

The magical nature of potions prevents you from using them one after the other. After you drink one potion, you must wait a bit (called "cooldown") before you can use the next one.

Dyes used to change the color of your armor. One bottle of dye is consumed per piece of armor. Thus, in order to completely recolor your equipment, you will need several bottles.

Finding Magic Items

Magic items are essential to deal with monsters more effectively in Diablo III (especially on higher difficulty levels). Therefore, it is good when you find them often and in large numbers. Your search for magic items is shown in your inventory.

What actually gives this parameter?

High chance of finding magic items allows you to find things higher quality. Moreover, this applies only to items obtained after defeating the enemy (i.e., this parameter does not affect items obtained from chests, vases, weapon racks, etc.). He also does not affect the amount items. It is the likelihood that the item will be magical and more useful than with a lower parameter indicator that increases.

When an item drops from a downed opponent, the game randomly determines the quality of the item by referring to a list with quality options and the number of affixes. In this case, a "draw" for each property occurs, and as a result you get a specific item. The probability of finding magic items just affects the result of these "pranks".

For example, if a monster has a 4% chance to drop a rare item with six affixes, and your Magic Item Finder is set to 50%, then the drop chance of the item increases to 6%.

Item quality changes as follows:

• legendary item
• rare item with 6 affixes
• rare item with 5 affixes
• rare item with 4 affixes
• rare item with 2 affixes
• rare item with 1 affix
• magic item

In accordance with the above example, if in the case of a "draw" the item highest quality failed, then the item generator can create an item of lower quality (and so on in the chain). For example, if an item with 6 affixes could not be obtained, then an item with 5 affixes will be “played”, then with 4, etc. The probability of finding magic items affects each such draw. If the same monster has a 10% chance to drop an item with 5 affixes, and your Magic Item Finder is 50%, then the drop rate for that item is increased to 15%.

Operation

What is an actuation? This is Effect, which has a chance to trigger when you hit or use a certain skill. Certain weapon modifiers and passive skills can also trigger.

For example, such effects include a weapon property that allows you to knock back enemies. Because this effect has a chance to proc, you won't be knocking enemies back with every hit.

Operation coefficient determines how often the corresponding effect will trigger. Many effects trigger each time a skill is used, with a proc rate of 1. A skill with a lower rate with less likely will trigger.

For example, if you equip this weapon, you will attack one enemy with the Magic Missile skill (its proc multiplier is 1). Compare this to the result of using Energy Whirlwind under the same conditions (its proc rate is much lower) and you will notice that knockback is triggered at a different frequency.

Why reduce the actuation factor? Some skills, like Energy Whirlwind, hit multiple targets or continue to deal damage over a long period of time, so there are many opportunities to trigger effects. Skills of this type, designed to deal damage to many targets (area damage), usually have a lower proc rate so that other skills are not inferior to them in effectiveness and are no less interesting to use.

Whenever we think of ancient objects, many people think of ancient Greek or Roman artifacts: statues, columns, and even jewelry. However, if we begin to think about antiquity within the framework of archeology, it opens up completely new world: What about tools, weapons, or even household items? What did people who lived many centuries (or even millennia) ago collect, use and store? Thanks to archaeologists, we know the answers to some of these questions, although we don't even come close to knowing the answers to absolutely everything.

Museums are great places to look at ancient artifacts. Many of the things we see in larger city museums may be one, two, or even three thousand years old. We look at and admire beautiful jewelry, bowls, plates and hair ornaments and wonder about the people who have been using them for a very long time. However, the oldest items on this list tend to be much older than what can even be seen in museums.

What is the oldest item in history? Are such elusive objects usually weapons, tools, or garments? If you could travel back in time and be able to see how people lived 5,000, 10,000 or even 25,000 years ago, what subjects would you find most entertaining? Knowing how civilization developed, when, who, what, where and how, can tell us about ourselves and our society. Those ten artifacts that we will tell you about below are some of the most intriguing and most ancient objects that can shed light on how our ancestors once lived.

10. Decorated German bag: 4500 years old

The main material of this bag, found in a grave near the city of Leipzig in Germany, was leather or textile, but the material has not stood the test of time. The period of manufacture of this bag ranges between 2500 and 2200 BC. The remains of the bag are held together by decorations that are now securely anchored in the ground and were previously attached to the bag: the teeth of dogs. It turns out that at the time, dog teeth were all the rage and adorned everything from blankets to jewelry. However, the number of teeth on the bag and the complex pattern indicate the social status of its owner. Items of this kind were not buried with just anyone. Archaeologists believe that the owner of this ancient bag was an important person.

9. Slovenian wooden wheel: 5200 years old


The wheel has long been considered one of man's most important inventions. Without it, modern cars would not exist, as well as carts, cars and much more. Building anything more than a small house would be virtually impossible without a means of transportation. a large number materials. The most complete wheel and axle ever found was found in the swamps of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Its age dates back to approximately 3200 BC.

8. Armenian leather shoe: 5,500 years old


In Armenia, perhaps before the invention of the wheel, people had to travel on foot. The oldest intact shoe was found in a cave filled with copper age treasures. Made of leather and rubbed with vegetable oil, the boot was laced crosswise through the holes, just like we lace boots today. Only the right women's shoe was found, about size 37. It was carefully stuffed with straw to keep its shape and then buried without its other half. Archaeologists believe that this well-worn shoe, perfectly preserved for centuries thanks to sheep dung, was the pinnacle of shoe craftsmanship, indicating that it was worn by a wealthy person.

7. Armenian cane skirt: 5,900 years old


The oldest skirt in the world was found in the same place as the boot from the previous point - in the cave Areni-1 (Areni-1) in Yerevan, Armenia. Pavel Avetisyan, head of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography in Yerevan, said that a fragment of a skirt, which was made from reeds, was found during a 2010 excavation in a cave in southeastern Armenia. The difference in age between the skirt and the boot, as well as other items found during these excavations, indicate that the area has been inhabited for many centuries. Another discovery of the same age with a skirt was a mummified goat, and if archaeologists are not mistaken in the age of the find (5,900 years), the age of the goat exceeds the age of the most ancient mummified animals found in Egypt.

6. Copper awl from Tel Tsaf (Tel Tsaf): age 7,000 years


This year, the oldest metal artifact ever found in a region of Israel near the Jordanian border was unearthed. The opening has great value- it was previously believed that the use of metals in this region appeared several centuries later. In addition, the copper from which the awl was made can be traced back to the Caucasus region, more than 965 kilometers away. This indicates that the people who lived in this area traded everywhere. Their civilization was well developed and they had storage facilities capable of storing up to 30 tons of grain. Shiloh was buried with a woman estimated to be 40 years old at the time she died and the silo in which she was buried with the awl indicates that she was considered an important person. Archaeologists assume that the awl belonged to her, but cannot say exactly what it was used for.

5. Holmegaard elm bows: 8,000 years old

The original sniper did not have the advantage of a telescopic lens. He (or she) had to rely on keen eyesight, good training, a flexible bow and arrow that was light and portable. The bow (as opposed to the crossbow) was more popular and the oldest fully preserved bows have been found in a region of Denmark called Holmegaard. These elm bows were approximately 170 centimeters long and were found in such good condition that they could be recreated and many have done so. Interestingly, the earliest arrows were found in the same region, but they are older than bows by 3,000 years. The bows of that time were made of pine and did not stand the test of time.

4 Jewish stone masks: 9,000 years old


A group of nine stone masks found in the Judean hills of Israel have been put together for an original exhibition. The height of the masks is approximately 28 to 30.5 centimeters in height. After careful study, it was found that they were worn during important ancestral rituals, probably by early farmers. 9,000 years ago there was no written language and the hunter-gatherer way of life disappeared only recently, leaving new farmers to replace their wandering ancestors. It is believed that these ancestral masks were the only evidence that a farmer had ownership of the land - for example, a facial print of his grandfather or great-grandfather showed the family's facial structure.

3. Spanish map: 14,000 years old


In 2009, the oldest map known to science was found carved into sandstone the size of a hand. A small stone with engravings of mountains, rivers and even animals was found in a cave called Abauntz Lamizulo in Navarre in northern Spain, in the center of the Basque country (Basque country). It is believed that a map of the area where the stone was found was used by Madeleine hunter-gatherers who were only a few centuries away from ice age. The marking of the territory in a rapidly changing landscape was very important for these people, who led a semi-nomadic lifestyle. Perhaps they used the map for navigation or to tell a story about a previous hunt.

2. German flutes made from bird bones and mammoth: 42,000 years old


Some researchers believe that our ancestors, Homo sapiens, outnumbered the Neanderthals in several areas, which is why we survived and they didn't. Music may have been one way modern man communicate and build society. Carbon analysis has shown that these flutes are between 42,000 and 43,000 years old. They were made from bird and mammoth bones and found in a cave in southern Germany called the Geißenklösterle. Try saying the name of the cave quickly three times.

1 South African Arrowheads: 64,000 years old


These sharp "geometric" pieces, found in South Africa's Sibudu Cave, were excavated from under a layer of sediment up to 100,000 years old. Dr. Lombard, a member of the archaeological team led by Professor Lyn Wadley, studied the pieces under a microscope. Through examination of the blood and bone fragments, as well as an analysis of how the weapons were damaged, Dr. Lombard concluded that they were not the tips of spears, but the tips of throwing weapons, that is, arrows. This discovery pushed back the approximate era of the creation of the bow and arrow by 20,000 years ago. The arrowheads bore traces of a glue made from plant-based resin. Archaeologists believe that glue was used to secure arrowheads to wooden arrowheads.

Ancient items discovered by archaeologists

Archeology is an incredibly interesting science and allows researchers of the past to look through the depths of centuries and try to understand how the life of ancient communities was arranged.

Numerous archaeological finds of scientists, exhibited in all major world museums, annually attract hundreds of thousands of visitors who want to touch ancient history a little.
But some finds are simply unique, due to their ancient age. Many of them have been found locally. archaeological sites while others were found quite by accident.

Zircon is a mineral of the subgroup of island silicates, and this pebble in the photo is currently the most ancient material found on the planet. Scientists date the age of crystal formation to about 4.4 billion years ago.
The mineral was found in 2001 in an arid region north of Perth, Australia.

This translucent red crystal, when bombarded with electrons, changes color to blue, and is only 400 microns long - by comparison, that's about the thickness of four human hairs put together.
Scientists suggest that the found crystal will help to better understand how our planet was formed, because the age of the Earth is 4.5 billion years, and the crystal was formed only 100 million years later.

A wooden toe found on the foot of a mummy over 3,000 years old is believed to be the oldest prosthesis on the planet. Scientists from the University of Manchester created a copy of the prosthesis and asked a volunteer with a missing toe to vilify it for a while, shod in sandals that people in ancient Egypt walked in.
It turned out that the item actually serves as a practical device to help with walking, and not just a cosmetic replacement for a toe.

Was the first Swiss knife invented 1800 years ago? And yet this may well be true. At the very least, this versatile tool bears a striking resemblance to its more modern counterpart and served at least six useful functions.
But this knife is not Swiss, it was created by a blacksmith in the Roman Empire around 200 AD.

With a double-edged blade, the ancient gourmets most likely opened shells with oysters, and with a hook-shaped spike they uncorked bottles of sauces. The tool also includes a spoon, fork, knife and toothpick. And all these devices easily and compactly fold into a handle, like a modern Swiss knife. The tool was found by archaeologists in the Mediterranean in the early 90s and predates the Swiss knife invented in 1897 by almost 1800 years.

The world's oldest cache of marijuana, weighing 900 grams, was discovered in an ancient grave more than 2,700 years old in the Gobi Desert in 2008.
A number of tests conducted by researchers have proven that the drug has not yet lost its powerful psychotropic properties and cast doubt on the theory that ancient people grew hemp only for the production of clothing, ropes and other household items.

The cache was discovered by archaeologists in a wooden dish, in a leather basket near the head of a man who died at the age of about 45, and was presumably the shaman of the tribe. In the grave, the researchers did not find items intended for smoking, and scientists concluded that the ancient lovers of "weed" injected the drug into the body orally, or fumigated it like a censer.

In the photo, the stone looks nondescript and looks like an ordinary piece of rock. But in fact, shredded cobblestone is one of the most sensational archaeological finds. It is one of the oldest stone tools ever found, made 500,000 years before Homo habilis, who scientists believe was the first to use tools.

Archaeologists have found an ancient tool near Lake Turkana, in Kenya. Already found in this area great amount historical artifacts that help to better understand the history of the origin and evolution of mankind.

The tool is made using the passive upholstery method, when a stone blank is beaten on a harder surface, and was most likely created by an early human ancestor - Australopithecus, which first appeared in Africa about 4 million years ago.

German archaeologists in 2005 in the cave "Hohle fels" near the ancient city of Ulm, discovered the world's oldest artificial phallus 20 cm, painstakingly made and polished from siltstone.

The stone member was made almost 28,000 years ago and found by a team of scientists from the University of Tübingen. Professor Nicholas Conard suggested that, judging by the fact that the tool was polished almost to a shine, it was very actively used at one time.

About 150,000 years ago, an ancient Neanderthal fell into a cave and crashed, not far from modern city Altamura in southern Italy. In 1993, speleologists discovered his remains and reported the find to archaeologists.
But it was not possible to extract the skull and bones, because for tens of thousands of years, under the influence of moisture, they literally grew into the rocks and were under a layer of calcite.

For more than 20 years, the remains lay untouched, and only in 2015, the researchers finally managed to extract a fragment of the bone of the right shoulder blade. The material was sent to the laboratory and the result of the study confirmed that the remains belong to "Homo neanderthalensis" - a Neanderthal man. Scientists hope that by studying the sequence of DNA strands, they will learn much more about the evolution of mankind.

8. The oldest song (3,400 years)

Clay tablets containing cuneiform signs of the ancient Hurrian language were unearthed in the early 1950s near the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit (the modern name of Ras Shamra). Scientists deciphered the cuneiform and realized that they had the text of the anthem, which is currently the oldest known piece of music.

In 1972, after 15 years of studying the artifact, Assyriology professor Ann Kilmer of the University of California, was able to create an audio track of an ancient piece of music.

We present you with a list of examples of the oldest household items and please note that these are only the oldest surviving examples - many of these items existed much earlier.

These Egyptian wool socks, designed to be worn with sandals, were made between 300 and 499 AD and were discovered in the 19th century. (Photo: wikipedia.org)

“Recipe for Sumerian beer from 3000 BC. The beer is very strong and contains chunks of bread floating in it.” (Photo: imgur.com)

The oldest glasses in the world have been found on Baffin Island in Canada. They were designed to protect against the glare of sunlight reflecting off the snow. (Photo: canadacool.com)

The most probable age of the statue depicting a human figure is 40,000 years. This is Venus from Hole Fels Cave, Germany, carved from mammoth ivory. (Photo: wikipedia.org)

This 5,500-year-old right cowhide moccasin was found in a cave in Armenia, preserved in herbs and dry sheep dung. (Photo: news.nationalgeographic.com)

This is a 40,000 year old bone flute from southern Germany. (Photo: nytimes.com)

The oldest pants in the world were found in Western China, their age is 3300 years. (Photo: M. Wagner / German Archaeological Institute)

The ancient city of Ephesus, Turkey, had flushable public toilets. Running water under the seats was carried away into a nearby river. (Photo: chroniclesoflindsay.blogspot.com)

This bra was worn between 1390 and 1485 in Austria. There are earlier historical descriptions of this item, but no other examples have survived. (Photo: theatlantic.com)

This prosthesis helped someone in Egypt walk again 3,000 years ago. (Photo: bbc.com)

Dog teeth are all that's left of a decayed 4,500-year-old purse found in Germany. They were probably part of the outer sash. (Photo: Klaus Bentele, LDA Halle)

This reusable sheepskin condom was used in 1640 in Sweden. It came with instructions in Latin, in which it was recommended to clean the product with warm milk in order to avoid venereal diseases. (Photo: genreauthor.blogspot.com)

This chewing gum from Finland was chewed at least 5,000 years ago. It is made of birch bark and was most likely used to heal infections in the mouth or was used as glue. (Photo: metro.co.uk)

The oldest recorded melody was found in the ancient city-state of Ugarit, in what is now southern Syria. The music was written for the lyre. (Photo: ancientlyre.com)

The oldest known coin was found within the ancient Hellenic city of Ephesos (Ephesus) in Turkey. One of its sides is decorated with the image of a lion's head. (A photo.