This magnificent armour made [King Erik XIV](https://bit.ly/2XHLbZ0) of Sweden look imposingly triumphant. In true renaissance spirit, the motifs on the armour were borrowed from ancient myths, the characteristics of which lent themselves perfectly to the Swedish history and national symbols of that time.

The armour was probably made in [Arboga](https://bit.ly/2FQKrGy), Sweden, around 1562, from where it was sent to Antwerp in Belgium to be decorated by the goldsmith Elisaeus Libaerts. The opaque gilt ornamentation has been [repousséd](https://bit.ly/2xuxmy0) from the back and chased from the front. 

Perhaps the armour was worn by King Erik XIV on 2 October 1564 when, following a military campaign in [Blekinge](https://bit.ly/2KUVNNQ) in the South of Swedan, he returned to Stockholm with his military entourage. Whilst winding its way through the streets of Stockholm, the procession was showcasing chained prisoners of war from Denmark, a motif that can also be found on the armour.

The Parade Armour of King Erik XIV of Sweden

Scale model of ancient Rome created by French architect Paul Bigot (1870-1942). He is famous for creating 4 of these plaster models between 1908 and 1942. Only two of them remain. This one is located in the Art and History, Brussels, Belgium. The other one is located in Caen, France.
Huge thanks to Scan The World https://www.myminifactory.com/scantheworld/ : I went to Brussels thanks to a challenge they organized, and this scan would not have been made without them.

3D scanned using Metashape.

Massive scale model of Ancient Rome

Smithsonian source data can be found [here](https://ids.si.edu/ids/media_view?id=3d_package:88de08dd-b8ab-470a-b987-ed6fe35def04)

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Figure of a Dancer

Modeler: Agathon Léonard, b. in Belgium, active in France, 1841–1923  

Manufacturer: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Sèvres, France, founded 1738  

Medium: Molded porcelain (bisque)

Type: Ceramics, Decorative Arts, Figure of a Dancer

Made In: Sevres, France

Date: ca. 1900

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Alexander

Accession Number: 1910-41-1

EDAN-URL: edanmdm:chndm_1910-41-1

Figure of a Dancer

Moai, or mo‘ai, are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500. Musée du cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality.

Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the island's perimeter.The tallest moai erected, called Paro, was almost 10 metres (33 ft) high and weighed 82 tonnes (90.4 tons).[8][9] The heaviest moai erected was a shorter but squatter moai at Ahu Tongariki, weighing 86 tonnes. One unfinished sculpture, if completed, would have been approximately 21 m (69 ft) tall, with a weight of about 270 tonnes. The moai were toppled in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, possibly as a result of European contact or internecine tribal wars.

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Moai (replica)

Homo heidelbergensis, -700 000 to -200 000 BCE, Africa and Europe. Musée du cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap Pro from AutoDesk.

This ancestor was a great migrator. Some populations migrated to Europe, where they gave Homo neanderthalis; while those who remained in Africa have evolved into Modern Men (Homo sapiens). This period delivered wooden hunting weapons that were machined with good sharp stone tools. This implies a society that begins to structure itself to make the tools, the weapons, to process the slaughtered animals.

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Homo Heidelbergensis

Aphrodite, ca 360-340 BC J.-C., Cypriot production, Provenance of Amathonte (Cyprus), excavations of Ed. Paridant, Limestone painted. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap Pro from Autodesk.

This feminine figure, with many jewels, holds a flower in her right hand and a bird, dove or pigeon, in her left hand. These motifs bring her closer to the bearers of offering, like the neighboring sculpture. The turreted crown, a motif from the Middle East, covered with a veil, however, designates it as a deity, Aphrodite, cult very developed on the island of Cyprus.

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Aphrodite

Recreation of the front facade of the Royal Palace  in Minecraft.

The palace is located in the capital of Belgium, it was build after 1900 on the ruins of the Coudenberg Palace which was largely destroyed  by an fire in 1731. 
It houses the office of the King and Queen, however they don't live there, they live in the Royal Palace of Laeken on thze outskirts of Brussels.

Royal Palace Brussel Minecraft

The M47 Patton was an American main battle tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton. It was the second American tank to be named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates of tanks in battle. Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality.

90 mm cannon M3, FN Browning M2 50 (12.7 mm), 2 FN Browning M1919 30 (7.62 mm), lenght 6.30m, width 3.51m, height 3.01m, weight 42.13t, armor 101 mm, engine Continental V12 petrol engine 820 hp (600 kw), max speed 48 km/h, range 128km.

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M 47 Patton

Custom low-poly asset made with Blender and Gimp for the Cities: Skylines video game. Available on the Steam Workshop here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2057131986

The foundation of this convent dates back to the 12th century, and its gothic church was built in the 16th century. The rest of the complex ranges from the 17th to the 18th century. In 1815, the monastery served as a hospital for French soldiers after the Battle of Waterloo. It became a school around 1845, then was restored in the 60s to become a parish church to replace another church destroyed during WWII, becoming the Église Saints-Jean-et-Nicolas (Saints-John-and-Nicholas Church).

Couvent des Récollets, Nivelles [Belgium]

Sekhmet,  the Lion-goddess, 1300 BCE, Egypt. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap pro from AutoDesk.

Sekhmet is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath formed the desert.

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Sekhmet

Homo erectus georgicus, the skull is dated to 1.77 million years old and it is in good condition. Museum of Natural Sciences (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality.

The cranium was the smallest and most primitive Hominin skull ever discovered outside of Africa. In Africa, the Australopithecines and early Homo represent two distinctive evolutionary paths sharing a common ancestor. In Georgia the specimens, with a brain half the size of anatomically modern humans, were the smallest found at around 600 cm³ brain volume. The lenght is about 25 cm.

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Homo erectus georgicus

La rivière (The River, Der Fluss) by Aristide Maillol (1861-1944), Jardin de Sculptures (Brussels) , Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium. Made with CapturingReality. Thanks "mprove" for the information.

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Medusa

Mahavira, Jnn, Gujarat, India, 1470, Jasper, represents the 24th tirthankara or spiritual master of Jainism. Museum of Cinquentenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap from AutoDesk.

Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion. Jainism followers are called "Jains", a word derived from the Sanskrit word jina and connoting the path of victory in crossing over life's stream of rebirths through an ethical and spiritual life. Jains trace their history through a succession of twenty-four victorious saviors and teachers known as Tirthankaras, with the first being Rishabhanatha, who is believed to have lived millions of years ago, and twenty-fourth being the Mahavira around 500 BCE. 

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Mahavira

Bust of a rhetorician, 200-235 CE, minor asia, Smyrna ('Diana's Bath'), marble, Cinquentenaire Museum (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap from Autocad.

This portrait is preserved, as its counterpart, in an exceptional way: the nose is intact, the polish of the flesh on the forehead still visible, the bust, the tablet and its base those of origin. Moreover, the quality of the execution is remarkable. The two men have the bare chest, one shoulder covered with a drape in the Greek fashion, thus indicating their will to be represented as scholars.

Bust of a rhetorician

Custom low-poly asset made with Blender and Gimp for the Cities: Skylines video game. Available on the Steam Workshop here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1972185723

Nivelles House 9 [Belgium]

Statue of young woman, 2nd century CE, copy of model from 3rd century BCE, Italy, marble. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap from AutoDesk.

The girl is dressed in a chiton (tunic) with sleeves and a himation (coat) complex pleated, probably derived from an original early Hellenistic era. The head originally did not belong to the body but dates from the same period.

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Statue of young woman

Paraustralopithecus aethiopicus, also known as "Australopithecus aethiopicus", -2.5 millions years, southern Ethiopia. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap Pro from AutoDesk.

Paraustralopithecus aethiopicus was discovered in southern Ethiopia by French archeologists Camille Arambourg and Yves Coppens in 1967. Paraustralopithecus aethiopicus has notable features that differ from the other robust australopithecines, including a larger zygomatic arch, extended ramus of the mandible, and a more prognathic face. These differences may have been developed during the evolution of aethiopicus, but it may also suggest that P. aethiopicus has a different phylogenetic history than A. robustus and A. boisei.

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Paranthropus Aethiopicus

Bentley (1928), engine: 4 cyl. - 4389 cc, transmission: RWD, top speed: 155 km/h. AutoWorld (Brussels, Belgium). Made with Zephyr3D from 3DFlow.

Well know for their victories at Le Mans 24 Hours race.

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Bentley (1928)

Totem Pole - Giant-Cannibal with eagle and copper plate in his hand, Canada - British Columbia, Kwakiutl Culture - Calvin Hunt and Mervyn Child, Cedar, 1999. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap pro from AutoDesk.

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Totem Pole - Giant-Cannibal

Mignon by Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895). Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality.

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Mignon

Gothic pillar, place of production and date unknown, blue stone. Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap pro from AutoDesk.

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Gothic pillar

The four season by Alfred Blondel, one of the four brass sculpture. Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium. Made of 455 pictures with Zephyr3D Lite from 3DFlow.

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The Four Season

The water mill, Claes Jansz Van der Willigen, Rotterdam vers 1630-1676. Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality.

Gift from count Georges della Faille de Leverghem, Brussels, 1942.

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The water mil

Portrait of a woman, assigned to Pierre I Mignard (1612 - 1695). Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality.

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