A 1,500-year-old Byzantine mosaic has just been uncovered in modern-day Turkey during a clean-up that turned into an excavation. Featuring geometric panels and an inscription reading “Tittos Domestikos,” it likely belonged to a civil administrator’s building. [1280×853]October 14, 2025
In 1570 Russian ruler Ivan The Terrible decided he wanted to Take Asylum in Britain and Queen Elizabeth I basically said he could come if he wanted but he would be on his own.He then got very Salty and Affronted and Sent a barely literate ranting letter to her[1284×1676]October 14, 2025
The Holy Lance (left) and its copy given to polish duke Bolesław the Brave by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III during the Congress of Gniezno in 1000 AD. [810×1235]October 14, 2025
Archeologists in Turkey have uncovered five well-preserved 1,300-year-old bread loaves in Turkey — one of which is emblazoned with an image of Jesus and inscribed with a blessing in Greek that reads “with our thanks to Blessed Jesus.” [658×568]October 14, 2025
When Alexander marched toward Persepolis in 330 BC and set the city ablaze, Persian artisans were carving the capital of a new column. Over 2,300 years later, the unfinished capital still sits on the same stone base where it was being shaped. [1579×1104]October 14, 2025
“Crystal Goblet presented by Augustus II the Strong to Russian Emperor Peter the Great” 16th century (rock crystal); 17th century (mounting). Material: rock crystal, gold, rubies [1000×1410]October 14, 2025
Right edge of the crater of Las Médulas, Spain, 1st c. AD. The largest open-pit gold mine in the Roman Empire, the Romans applied “Ruina Montium” here, a mining technique that destroyed the mountain with pressurized water. The whole mountain between the pow and the crater is gone… [1920×972] [OC]October 14, 2025
“Mask of Agamemnon” (Mycenaean funerary mask) — Mycenaean; Date: 16th c. BCE; Findspot: Grave V, Grave Circle A, Mycenae; Medium: gold sheet (repoussé); Approx. H.: 35 cm; Collection: National Archaeological Museum, Athens (NAMA 624). Photographer: Zde / Wikimedia Commons [2251 X 3000]October 14, 2025
Headdress frontlet depicting a bird-man, decorated with abalone shell. British Columbia, Canada, Tsimshian peoples, 1820-1840 [3000×3000]October 14, 2025
Snow, Moon, and Flower. Three silk paintings by Kanō Masunobu. Japan, Edo period, 17th century [4700×3800]October 14, 2025
Proclamation by King Seonjo of Korea to the Korean people, dated 1593 during the height of the Imjin Japanese invasion, urging Koreans taken prisoner or forced into collaboration to escape to un-occupied territories or provide assistance for the war effort. Full translation in comments [1000×1494]October 13, 2025
