The footprint of a Roman toddler that has been preserved on this tile for over 2000 years [1200×900]December 12, 2025
A wonderful aureus featuring Septimius Severus and his family (from the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium) [4483×4000]December 12, 2025
Woman’s traveling hood (fengmao), made of satin with embroidered birds and butterflies. China, 1875-1900 [2700×2500]December 12, 2025
Perseus Triumphant, Antonio Canova, 1801. The statue shows the triumphant Perseus holding the severed head of the Medusa, one of the three Gorgons. He is looking at her face, even though that should turn him into stone according to the myth. Perseus is wearing the sandals of… [1280×853] [OC]December 12, 2025
Mosaic of two Venatores facing a tiger. Peristyle court, Palatium Magnum, Constantinople, 531-602 AD, Roman Empire. Possibly from the times of Justinian I builder of Hagia Sophia, this mosaic can be admired at its original location on the court that Justinian himself might have trod… [1920×1080][OC]December 12, 2025
Qasr Bashir in Jordan is the well-preserved ruin of a Roman fort built during the reign of Diocletian (284-305 CE). During this time, the Romans constructed smaller but better fortified strongholds than before. [1200×800]December 11, 2025
Uniform that belonged to King Charles XII of Sweden, worn on the day he died in battle in 1718. [1200×900]December 11, 2025
Portrait head of an older woman with hairnet. Roman, ca. 98-117 AD [reign of Trajan], discovered in 1879 at Chiavenna near Lake Como. Bronze with silver inlay. Princeton University Art Museum collection [1187×2000]December 11, 2025
A few steps from the Via Sacra, set between two porphyry columns that support a reused marble architrave, the original bronze doors of the Temple of Divus Romulus stand there, their lock functional, since the temple was built in 309 AD by Emperor Maxentius to deify his young son… [1280×1101] [OC]December 11, 2025
Astronomical text listing constellations and distances between stars. Uruk, Iraq, Seleucid Empire, 329-120 BC [1800×1800]December 11, 2025
