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Coffin portrait of Polish nobleman Stanisław Woysza, c. 1677, oil on tin plate, The Museum of King John III’s Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw, Poland. [687×663]

October 6, 2025

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Coffin portrait of Polish nobleman Stanisław Woysza, c. 1677, oil on tin plate, The Museum of King John III’s Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw, Poland. [687×663]

During an invasion of Naghadeh around 1200 BC, one of the soldiers grabbed a golden bowl from the treasury and tried to escape with it. He fell and died clutching it, bending the bowl under his weight. Discovered beneath his skeleton in 1958, it’s now housed at National Museum of Iran. [1677×847]

Gilt bronze stupa with sun, moon, and flame symbols. Mongolia, 17th-18th century [3000×3600]

Standing lions on the walls of Kailasanatha Temple. Tamil Nadu, India, Pallava dynasty, around 700 AD [3500×3000]

Coffin portrait of Polish nobleman Stanisław Woysza, c. 1677, oil on tin plate, The Museum of King John III’s Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw, Poland. [687×663]

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