A 75 cm high nude figure of the Seal Bearer Tjetji, made of wood, obsidian, limestone, and copper. From Akhmim in Egypt, 2321–2184 BCE, now housed at the British Museum [988×2415]January 31, 2026
This is the actual pine branch left at the burial site by the killer in Finland’s most known unsolved murder [978×1417]January 31, 2026
Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt. [439×900]January 31, 2026
Gold hair ornament shaped like a nagaraja, with many diamonds. India, 19th century [600×580]January 31, 2026
Juramento de Fidelidad, or Oath of Allegiance to Spain, signed on July 15th, 1789, by future 7th President Andrew Jackson and others[1773×1122].January 30, 2026
When Charles I had his head chopped off on this day in 1649 he requested he be given an extra vest before going outside to the execution scaffold, he wanted to make sure that he didn’t shiver from the cold (people may mistake it as fear) – this is the vest he supposedly wore. (746×939)January 30, 2026
The “Grande Plaquette” of Enlène Cave, France; produced c. 17,000–14,000 years ago, Magdalenian period. The highlighted fragment shows two men in coitus, one of the oldest known erotic depictions made by humans. One of them appears to have a small tail, and an owl is seen to their left. [7632×10446]January 30, 2026
More than 10,000 years ago, in what is now White Sands National Park in New Mexico, a woman made two journeys across a soft, muddy landscape, leaving behind footprints that still survives today [1200×900]January 30, 2026
Cisterna Basilica, the largest of hundreds of cisterns beneath Constantinople, the capital city of the Roman Empire from 330 CE until its fall in 1453. The cistern, 500 ft SW from Hagia Sophia, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Emperor I, who also built the cathedral… [1280×914] [OC]January 30, 2026
