Brass scarificator with 12 lancet blades used for bloodletting, European, c. 1800-1900. [4008×2672]October 24, 2025
Betty White’s shoulder bag is a time capsule of World War II. From the National Museum Of American History. [1200 X 1600]October 24, 2025
Mask of Sargon of Akkad, third millennium B.C. digitally restored. The life-size bronce bust was found in the temple of Ishtar in Nineveh, in 1931. It had been intentionally damaged and separated from the body, which was never recovered, probably by Medes and Babylonians in 612 BC… [1280×853] [OCOctober 24, 2025
Marble female figurine, Early Cycladic (Neolithic), Greece, 2800-2300 B.C. The best known type of Cycladic art is the marble figurine, a full-length female with arms folded across the front. Their function remains uncertain, but most were found in graves, indicating a funerary role…[1280×853][OC]October 24, 2025
Iron cages used to display the bodies of three Anabaptist leaders—Jan van Leiden, Bernhard Knipperdolling, and Bernhard Krechting—who were publicly tortured and executed after the Münster Rebellion of 1534–1535. They hang from the steeple of St. Lambert’s Church in Münster, Germany. [1281×1569]October 23, 2025
Sculpture of King Øystein I of Norway (1088-1123), c. 1120, made of marble at Munkeliv Abbey, Bergen. A co-king along with his brother Sigurd the Crusader, king Øystein remained in Norway and improved the country, building churches and fishing villages. His crown says “Eystein Rex”. [505×800]October 23, 2025
The Garmsar Salt Cave features massive salt pillars that support its ceiling, formed and shaped by the Achaemenid Empire during salt extraction in 550–330 BC. Located in the Iranian county of the same name, the cave has 27 mines, and the one shown here is a popular tourist attraction. [1080×1080]October 23, 2025
