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Knap of Howar (occupied from 3700 to 2800 BCE), Orkney Islands. The pair of houses (including the one shown) are the oldest preserved stone houses in Northern Europe [1024×768]

September 11, 2023

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Knap of Howar (occupied from 3700 to 2800 BCE), Orkney Islands. The pair of houses (including the one shown) are the oldest preserved stone houses in Northern Europe [1024×768]

Bronze wine warmer on three legs. China, Shang dynasty, 1250-1200 BC [2530×3100]

Remnant of a sitting Buddha statue. Gandhara, Pakistan, 1st-3rd century AD [3800×3600]

Marsylas flayed, a 1st-2nd century AD Roman copy of a Greek original from the 2nd century BC, found at the Horti Maecenatiani. The choice of the marble, known as pavonazzetto, renders dramatically the livid colors of the tortured body and gives a startlingly lifelike impression… [1280×853] [OC]

Knap of Howar (occupied from 3700 to 2800 BCE), Orkney Islands. The pair of houses (including the one shown) are the oldest preserved stone houses in Northern Europe [1024×768]

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Bronze wine warmer on three legs. China, Shang dynasty, 1250-1200 BC [2530×3100]

Remnant of a sitting Buddha statue. Gandhara, Pakistan, 1st-3rd century AD [3800×3600]

Marsylas flayed, a 1st-2nd century AD Roman copy of a Greek original from the 2nd century BC, found at the Horti Maecenatiani. The choice of the marble, known as pavonazzetto, renders dramatically the livid colors of the tortured body and gives a startlingly lifelike impression… [1280×853] [OC]