I’m aware that some of these posts are a little niche, but back to Yerevan and Armenia, with this little model of a bronze temple which dates to around the fifth or sixth century BC. This reminds me of a much more professional clay model that I made at school of a castle that I’m convinced will be worth at least £25 in twenty years (although it probably cost more than £25 in clay to make). It was also slightly more substantial than this little temple, but there’s something quite alluring about this exhibit which is about 3,000 years old and that’s also rather a long time for it to remain unbroken.
The museum notes that it was found at Astghi Blur, which was an ancient fortress located on a strategic hilltop near the village of Yenokavan in Armenia, featuring impressive double and triple stone walls that date back to the sixth and fifth centuries BC.