Painted pottery figure of a crouching camel — Tang Dynasty (618–907), China. Aurora Art Museum [4032×3024] [OC]November 1, 2025
After decades of delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum has opened today. It showcases the towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 ancient artifacts, including the entire treasures of Queen Hetepheres and King Tutankhamun. [2560×1706]November 1, 2025
A 15th century BC collar made of gold, carnelian, obsidian and glass, which was gifted by Thutmose III to one of his three foreign wives. It was found in their communal, lavishly furnished rock-cut tomb in the same valley where Hatshepsut was going to be buried before she became pharaoh. [1053×1316]November 1, 2025
The Shepherd Clock, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England, 1852. The first clock ever to show Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) directly to the public. It shows 24 hours on its face, so at 12 noon the hour hand points straight down. Public Standards of Length and OS Benchmark appear below… [1280×854] [OC]November 1, 2025
The carved basalt Monument 21 at the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Bilbao in Guatemala. Cotzumalhuapa culture, Classic period (250-900 CE) [2047×3179]November 1, 2025
