Some examples of the Jōmon pottery from Japan, made during the Middle Jōmon Period (3,500-2,500 BCE) [6305×11539]December 6, 2025
A trepanned neolithic skull of a woman that had a prosthetic ear made from seashell attached, found at Roque d’Aille in France and dates from 3000-2000 BCE. The skull shows evidence the woman had survived the “open brain” operation and gone on to live for many years [332×277]December 6, 2025
Picasso Tolita is a ceramic sculpture, made by Tumaco-La Tolita culture (350 BCE-400 CE) in Ecuador, that depicts an anthropomorphic figure with several zoomorphic elements, including feline fangs, a necklace that transforms into a snake, and a snake emerging from its left eye [3140×3688]December 6, 2025
The Cairo Geniza is a collection of some 400,000 manuscript fragments that were kept in the Geniza of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Egypt. These manuscripts span the entire period of Middle-Eastern, North African, and Andalusian Jewish history between the 6th and 19th centuries CE [815×1477]December 6, 2025
Sogdian Ancient Letters from 313 AD, depicting the destruction of empire. Dunhuang, China [1600×1345]December 6, 2025
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, an Ukiyo-e painting, a woodblock print, by Japanese artist Hokusai. Published around 1830 as the first in the series “36 Views of Mount Fuji”, it is Hokusai’s most famous work and is often considered the most recognizable work of Japanese art in the world… [1563×1080]December 6, 2025
Child’s winter kimono depicting Mickey Mouse. Japan, Showa period, around 1930 [1740×1560]December 6, 2025
Brass lunch box with Arabic inscription. Egypt, Mamluk Sultanate, 15th-16th century [1800×1800]December 6, 2025
Porcelain brush rest in the form of three Chinese boys with a snowball. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1830 [1466×1600]December 6, 2025
Pachisi gaming pieces with rubies, emeralds, blue and yellow sapphires. India, Mughal Empire, 18th century [2420×2000]December 6, 2025
The Adoration of the Magi, boxwood triptych by Adam Dircksz. The Netherlands, 16th century [4000×4800]December 6, 2025
