The skeleton of King Richard III (d. 1485), discovered over a decade ago under a car park in Leicester [1200×900]January 21, 2026
A wooden bowl or plate with shell and precious stone inlays, depicting a harvest scene with crops and lunar deities. Chimu or Sican Civilization, Object MO 4430 from Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú [2048×1423]January 21, 2026
A hellenistic gilded bronze cuirass found in a punic grave in Ksour Essef, Tunisia. 3rd-2nd century BC, now on display at the Bardo National Museum [944×1200]January 20, 2026
Broad Collar of Wah ca. 1981–1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom, Egypt. Faience. Most of the stringing is original too. [3913×3457]January 20, 2026
‘Polyphemos Reclining and Holding A Drinking Bowl’. Late 5th to early 4th century BCE, Boeotia, Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[1600×1066]January 20, 2026
Sketch believed to be of Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne in the inside front cover of the Fulda codex of the Aix capitulary, c. 800 [457 × 591]January 20, 2026
Qing Dynasty Women Court Vest (Chaogua), China, 1750-1755 CE. Collection of V&A Museum, London [1124×1500]January 20, 2026
One of the more than 200 painted Jornada Mogollon faces, or masks, at Hueco Tanks in Texas, this star-eyed pictograph incorporates an unusual green-blue pigment possibly derived from ground turquoise or a cuprous mineral. C. 200 CE-1450 CE [500×473]January 20, 2026
A bronze plaque from Perm, in Russia, depicting seven elk men, with two-fingered hands and small hooves for feet,walking in procession along the back of a long-horned, scaly anteater. 6th-8th century CE [1772×1073]January 20, 2026
An engraved bone pendant from the Abri de Raymonden, in France, depicting a butchering scene. 18,000-10,000 BCE, now housed at the Musée d’art et d’archéologie du Périgord [388×600]January 20, 2026
A bronze shovel with a penis shaped handle, unearthed from Tomb No. 113 at the Yangfutou cemetery in Kunming. Dian Kingdom (8th century-109 BCE), now housed at the Yunnan Provincial Museum in China [4320×3240]January 20, 2026
