Episcopal Palace, Astorga, Antoni Gaudí, 1889-1913. When the original Palace burned in the 19th century, the bishop assigned the design of the new building to his friend. Gaudí used his personal Catalan Modernist style to create one of the three buildings by Gaudí outside Catalonia. [1280×853] [OC]November 4, 2025
Samples of some of the marbles used in the Roman Empire. For centuries, all sorts of different marbles were methodically sought and brought from all the reaches of the empire. Myriad marbles covered the walls and floors of the Imperial buildings. Rome was a richly colorful place…[1820×1280] [OC]November 4, 2025
17th C Mural depicting Emperor Fasilides at Ura Kidane Mehret Church, Ethiopia.[1244×1616]November 4, 2025
A Decanter with twin bottle mouth; dragon design one side in circular panel; inscription on the other,19th century,japan,on display at csmvs museum,mumbai india[1080×1920]November 4, 2025
A 14th century CE rune carving on a wooden stick, from Bryggen in Norway, which says: “Lovely is the pussy, may the prick fill it up!” [1372×271]November 4, 2025
A 14th century CE sculpture of the goddess Citlāllīcuē, discovered in 2011 in Tehuacán, Mexico. Citlāllīcuē was a creator goddess in Aztec mythology, who created the stars with her husband Citlalatonac, the Milky Way, Earth, death, and darkness [1536×3948]November 4, 2025
The Kaicheng Stone Classics, in the Stele Forest Museum in China, are a group of 12 Chinese classic works carved in 833–837 CE as a reference document for scholars. With 650,000 characters engraved double-sided on 114 stone tablets, they’re widely regarded as the world’s heaviest books [2560×2102]November 3, 2025
A blonde man with blue eyes, thought to be an Asiatic captive at work during the construction of the Temple of Amun at Karnak. From the Tomb of Rekhmire, Egypt, c. 1400 BCE [1260×1003]November 3, 2025
