A blade of light cutting through time — Ptolemaic temple relief, Egypt, 1968 by Kees Scherer. [1683×1280] by wrongturnz
November 1, 2025Painted pottery figure of a crouching camel — Tang Dynasty (618–907), China. Aurora Art Museum [4032×3024] [OC]
November 1, 2025After decades of delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum has opened today. It showcases the towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 ancient artifacts, including the entire treasures of Queen Hetepheres and King Tutankhamun. [2560×1706]
November 1, 2025A 15th century BC collar made of gold, carnelian, obsidian and glass, which was gifted by Thutmose III to one of his three foreign wives. It was found in their communal, lavishly furnished rock-cut tomb in the same valley where Hatshepsut was going to be buried before she became pharaoh. [1053×1316]
