Bugsy and the Flamingo
Flamingo Hotel $5 Casino Chip Las Vegas, Nevada 1946-47. As a result of the terrible economic effects of America’s Great Depression, gambling in Nevada became legal in 1931. The state […]
The Stuff of Dreams
Natural Gold Nugget Western Australia 56 gms. Gold. It’s the noblest of elemental metals. It can be stretched into a wire one atom wide. Scientists think our gold originated from […]
A Day in the Afterlife
Faience Funerary Figurine Ancient Egypt Late Period. 3380-343 B.C. In Ancient Egypt, death was not the end of existence. It was a crossover to the afterlife. Up until the end […]
The Mercenaries of Alexander
Socketed Cast Bronze Arrowheads Greece/Persia 600~300 B.C. Crete is the largest of the Greek Isles. In ancient times, men on this island were expertly trained in the bow and arrow. […]
Once the Rarest of Them All
Glory of the Seas Seashell Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz, J.H., 1777. When we talk about seashells, we’re discussing beautifully-packaged marine snails. These creatures inhabit all the oceans of the world, and […]
Souvenir from the Time of Christ
Roman Date Shaped Flask Roman Empire/Syrian Coast 50~125 A.D. Around the ancient Mediterranean coastlines, date palms prospered and their fruit was a popular treat. Inspired, the Roman Empire’s budding glass […]