Japanese illustrations depicting various types of whales, created between 1603 and 1867 during Japan’s Edo period. Currently part of the Kyushu University Museum collection [1711×1361]February 3, 2026
A child mummy, whose body is partially covered by a textile made of yucca fibers and feathers, found in La Cueva de la Ventana in Chihuahua, Mexico. Based on dental development, the child was between one and a half and two years old when he died. Mogollon culture, 1063-1103 CE [1462×974]February 3, 2026
A blue-green faience round cosmetic box with crouching frog on swinging lid. From Egypt, 600–500 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston [1600×2248]February 3, 2026
In 2016, archaeologists found an ancient clay pot with traces of 3,000-year-old burnt cheese, tossed in an ancient trash heap in Denmark [3648×4497]February 3, 2026
The fruit knife of queen Nur Jahan, emperor Jahangir’s 20th wife, with parrot’s head handle made of jade, ruby and emeralds. India, Mughal Empire, 17th century [2500×2370]February 3, 2026
The Temple of Hephaestus (c. 430 BC), a Doric peripteral temple at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, is one of the best-preserved Greek temples anywhere. It remains standing largely intact today. The building keeps the frieze, pronaos, cella and opisthodomos structures… [1280×753] [OC]February 3, 2026
An Avshar Turk is playing the tanbur in the photograph, while the Avshar Bey beside him listens. [720X720]February 3, 2026
1967 color print ad for sleepwear for women made from fabrics from the Registered Fabrics Corp., 475 Fifth Avenue. [1129×1507]February 3, 2026
‘Schwepped of their feet both’ is a pair of paintings made by the English artist William Henry Hamilton Trood in 1887 CE [3945×6110]February 2, 2026
