Arco I, discovered in 1989 in Arco, Italy, is 2.15 meter high limestone stela that depicts a heavily armed, apparently male figure with 7 daggers, 3 axes, 3 halberds, and an ornamental necklace. 3000-2500 BCE, now housed at the Museo Alto Garda [1536×2048]January 18, 2026
A beautiful agate found among the grave goods at Dabaotai Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum in China. Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE–9 CE) [629×846]January 18, 2026
Sanxingdui head with gold foil mask: they were a civilization in China contemporary, but culturally (and probably linguistically) different from Shang, the bronze age Chinese. They’re known for their very distinctive and “un-Chinese” art style. [1980×2640]January 18, 2026
An ostracon POSSIBLY depicting Moses, found in excavations in Umm Balad, Egypt in 2002, dated ca. 81-117 CE [1013×1102]January 18, 2026
Lovers Eye Bracelet – c. 1860, Britain, watercolor on ivory set in a gold bracelet. [2048×1556]January 18, 2026
An ostracon depicting Moses, found in excavations in Umm Balad, Egypt in 2002, dated ca. 81-117 CE [1013×1102]January 18, 2026
In 2012, archaeologists excavating the site of an ancient volcanic eruption in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, have found the well-preserved remains of a man in armor. He was trapped under hot ash by the eruption of Mount Haruna in the early 6th century CE [5103×6282]January 17, 2026
The 5000-year-old Neolithic timber monument known as “Ballynahatty 5”, excavated in the 1990s in Ballynahatty, Northern Ireland. At the core of the site is a series of deep post pits that once held 471 tree-sized wooden posts [1352×2120]January 17, 2026
A fine Costa Rican jade Axe God, Guanacaste-Nicoya region, ca. 1-500 CE, sold at Sotheby’s in 2011 [2880×7343]January 17, 2026
In 2015, the British medieval historian Paul Booth argued he had found “(possibly) the earliest known use of the word ‘fuck’ that clearly has a sexual connotation”: in English court records of 1310–11, a man local to Chester is referred to as “Roger Fuckebythenavele”, probably a nickname [938×646]January 17, 2026
