Sacrificial altar made of brick and stone probably somewhere in southeastern China, date unknown. Taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson in 1871. [2443×2050]October 15, 2025
The Holy Face of Lucca, ancient wooden carving of Jesus crucified in the cathedral of San Martino, in Lucca, from 782 AD (1990×3537)October 15, 2025
An 8th-century Quran manuscript being restored in Egypt. Considered one of the oldest surviving Quran manuscripts, it has 1087 leaves weighting around 80kg, each made of one entire animal’s skin. [1179×789]October 15, 2025
Tree spirit (yakshi salabhanjika). Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2nd c AD (Kushan dynasty), reportedly from a Jain shrine. Mottled red sandstone. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum [6000×4000] [OC]October 15, 2025
Closer look of one of the chamber portals behind the columns with Corinthian capitals of the Treasury in Petra, Nabatean Kingdom, 1st c. AD. Jordan. 2,000 years after it was shaped, much of the exquisite detail of the carvings that adorn both the capitals and the portal survives. [1280×408] [OC]October 15, 2025
Map of Juan de la Cosa, 1500 AD. Drawn on two joined sheets of parchment, this is the earliest known representation of the Americas and the first depiction of the equator and the Tropic of Cancer on a nautical chart. The strategical relevance of cartography in the Age of Discoveries… [1920×1080]October 15, 2025
Greenstone carving of Tlaloc, the god of rain. Mexico, Aztec civilization, 1200-1519 [3500×3600]October 15, 2025
Parthenon Frieze — Cavalcade, Block XLII (North Frieze). Medium: Pentelic marble relief. British Museum, London (Elgin Collection). Photographer: Twospoonfulls [3000 X 2008]October 15, 2025
Pleated fan made of silk and wood featuring a painting of a bull fight, Spanish, c. 1850-1900. [3000×1988]October 15, 2025
