#300 bc

Title: Sword (Falcata)

Date: 5th–1st century BCE

Culture: Iberian

Medium: Iron alloy

Dimensions: H. 20 15/16 in. (53.2 cm); H. of blade 17 in. (43.2 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); D. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 0.7 oz. (473.4 g)

The falcata was a popular type of sword in the Iberian Peninsula from the fifth to the first century B.C. Closely related in form to slashing weapons found in Greece, it is distinguished by the fact that its blade is double-edged for about half of its length, whereas Greek specimens normally have a single cutting edge.

Although its old patina was removed and an inaccurate modern wood grip was added sometime before it was acquired, The Metropolitan Museum's falcata occupies an important place among the examples known to survive because of the otherwise fine state of preservation of its blade, which is structurally intact and only superficially corroded.

Diodochi era Alexandria (the Egypt one) girlfriends.

Girl on the left traveled from Macedon to marry a Macedonian officer but it turned out her died in the battle before she got there so... awk. Girl on the right was the younger sister of one of the Susa brides who came with her Macedonian husband to Alexandria with Ptolemy,

1955 Siata 300 BC

The concept of "the munchies", a side-effect from the use of Cannabis and it's active ingredient THC's impact on the CB1 receptor which results in an increase in appetite, has been understood since ~300 BC. – WTF Fun Facts

Discoveries just beginning. The 140 painted wooden sarcophagi and gilded statues unearthed in Saqqara are just the beginning, says Egypt's Minister of Antiquities: "Whenever we empty a burial shaft of sarcophagi we find an entrance to another."