A 13-year-old girl went to a prosecutor in southern Iran today, showing a photo and claiming her father had discovered a treasure. Police immediately raided their house and found 500 artifacts dating to the Sassanid Empire (224–651 AD). Thanks to his own daughter, the man is now in prison. [754×698]December 19, 2025
“Royal George”, a cello made for King George IV, with the words LIBERTY AND LOYALTY on the sides. Made by William Forster. United Kingdom, 1782 [2600×2200]December 19, 2025
Pair of Ankle Shoes, Ottoman Empire, late 19th century –early 20th c., Metropolitan Museum of Art. [728×565]December 19, 2025
Two Carolingian-style swords from the early Middle Ages. The upper one was found in Dublin, Ireland, and the second in Gnezdovo, near Smolensk, Russia. I like how similar they are [516×558]December 19, 2025
Steel construction of the dome of Białystok Great Synagogue, set on fire by Germans on 27 June 1941. Approximately 700 to 800 Jews locked inside lost their lives in the flames. Now a part of the memorial in Białystok, Poland. [1200×900]December 19, 2025
View through the starboard sponson entry hatch of an MK-IV “Male” tank, with a Lewis machine gun in the foreground and a 6-pounder behind, 1917. The Male carried two 6-pound cannons and three Lewis MGs. The Lewis were standardized for Mark IV tanks due to their compact barrels… [1280×1280] [OC]December 19, 2025
Pair of 1948 Colt revolvers gifted by Abe Lincoln to Algerian resistance fighter Emir Abdelkader in 1860 [2016×1382]December 19, 2025
The vest said to have been worn by Charles I at his execution on January 30, 1649 [1200×900]December 18, 2025
A 45 meters long Paracas geoglyph of an oculate being, found in the desert of Jumana, in Peru, in 1982. 500 BCE [1638×2051]December 18, 2025
An Urartian copper alloy shield decorated with incised figures of lions and bulls, and inscribed with the name of the king Rusa III. This was one of several fragmentary shields which may have decorated the façade of the temple of Khaldi in Rusahinili, Turkey. 650 BCE, British Museum [2500×3772]December 18, 2025
