At Chogha Zanbil in Khuzestan (Iran), bricks that make up the entire structure of the complex bear inscriptions, containing dedications by King Untash-Napirisha to Elamite gods. Dating to 1250 BC, the complex is the world’s best preserved example of a stepped pyramidal monument. [2060×720]October 29, 2025
Design by Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois for a drop curtain for a 1925 Copenhagen production of the ballet “Petrushka.” Black ink with transparent and opaque watercolors on paper. Wadsworth Atheneum collection [1383×1024]October 29, 2025
Winged demon, thought to be from a column. China, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577 AD). Limestone. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art collection [3000×4000] [OC]October 29, 2025
Alternate colonnade, Mont-Saint-Michell abbey cloister, 12th century, France. Contrary to tradition, the cloister was neither built at the center of the building nor enclosed, but on the side, and with wide windows to the landscape far below. The view surely helped relax and meditate [1080×561] [OC]October 29, 2025
Roman anthropomorphic dice in the form of squatting figures. The silver dice work much like conventional dice, with their various sides numbered with 1 to 6 red dots. 1st-2nd century CE, British Museum [1986×1331]October 29, 2025
Parade float depicting the Ō’nyūdō, with 2.2 meter extendable neck and moveable tongue and eyeballs. Japan, Edo period, 1805 [1770×1300]October 29, 2025
