5. Funeral Mask of Tutankhamen
Total Score: 204
Tutankhamen was a boy king, often described as weak but handsome. He reigned from 1332 to 1323 BC, and the time of his rule was one of the most troubled periods. Tutankhamen was the successor of Akhenaten, who was the first extremist in the known history. He married Akhenaten’s daughter and claimed the right to rule. On 26th of November in 1922, Howard Carter discovered this magnificent artifact that lay forgotten in Tutankhamen’s tomb. Tutankhamen’s eyes are made of white quartz with obsidian. His eyes are godlike and in the same time very calm and human alike. The mask represents the boy king at its prime and has similarities with the god of the dead, Osiris.
The Funeral mask of Tutankhamen is kept at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
4. Antikythera Mechanism
Total Score: 228
The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest complex mechanism known, and it is often called the first computer. It was constructed in the Hellenistic period. Since Greeks were fascinated with astronomy and mathematics, this mechanism combines the concept of both, and it is suspected that it was made in 100 BC. It was believed that its purpose was to calculate the period of two Olympics and other astronomy research by the Greek philosophers.
The mechanism was discovered by a group of sponge divers in October 1900. The group encountered a shipwreck near the island of Antikythera and found many artifacts from the ancient world. All of the findings including the mechanism were transported to the National Museum of Archaeology in Athens for further examinations were it is still kept today.
