There are extant descriptions of horses with apes tied to their backs set upon by dogs.

According to the few extant descriptions, Tree- song stood rather taller than ordinary with a luminous gaze, a broad forehead, a narrow jaw and chin, and a foxy rueful mouth.

The best extant description of these embassies is found in Tsūkō ichiran, compiled by Hayashi Akira in 1853.

Subfossil remains were first described and connected with the extant descriptions in 1874.

The oldest extant descriptions of the actual rituals, although without the appended moniker , come from the royal archives of the Hittite capital Ḫattuša.

The salpinx consisted of a straight, narrow bronze tube with a mouthpiece of bone and a bell (also constructed of bronze) of variable shape and size; extant descriptions describe conical, bulb-like, and spherical structures.

The only extant description comes from Ammianus who left few details; he gives a lengthy description of the dead and dying, but no information on the number of combatants.

No reliable, extant description of a Christian trial exists, but evidence shows that trials and punishments varied greatly, and sentences ranged from acquittal to death.

There are extant contemporary descriptions of some Anglo-Saxon battles.

III 466 (2nd century) is the earliest extant literary description of wrestling techniques.