In 1822, a white stork found in Germany with a 75 cm spear from central Africa stucked to its neck, demonstrated that birds migrated rather than hibernating or changing form in winter. The specimen was subsequently stuffed and is now housed at the Zoological Collection Rostock [2457×3994]October 27, 2025
Two textile figures holding a pouch and trophy head. Peru, Chancay culture, 1300-1438 AD [1720×1600]October 27, 2025
Head of a pyinsarupa, a chimera made of five animals. Myanmar, 19th century [1300×1290]October 27, 2025
Stone outer coffin of Li Shou, a cousin of Emperor Gaozu. China, Tang dynasty, 7th century AD [1950×1536]October 27, 2025
Writing box with portrait of Fujiwara no Ietaka and his poem about the Tatsuta River. Japan, 18th c. Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, and red lacquer on silver ground. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [5467×2467] [OC]October 27, 2025
A fire keeper at the Temple of Yazd in Iran tends the world’s longest-burning manmade fire, which has been continuously alight since 470 AD. The fire was kindled by the Persian King Peroz I during the Sassanid Empire, and is regarded as the holiest fire in Zoroastrianism. [6000×4000]October 27, 2025
Berber Yaz symbol above the lintel of an earthen clay house in Ait Benhaddou, Morocco. Date, uncertain. The ⵣ (pronounced yaz) is a letter of the Tifinag alphabet, the script of the Amazig or Berber people who inhabit North Africa. The ⵣ means “free man” in the Amazigh language… [1280×853] [OC]October 27, 2025
A blade of light cutting through time — Ptolemaic temple relief, Egypt, 1968 by Kees Scherer. [1683×1280]October 27, 2025
Jade cong with ritual significance from the Neolithic Liangzhu culture (3400–2250 BC). Liangzhu Museum, China. [4032×3024] [OC]October 27, 2025
