The Canadian Ice Man is a naturally mummified body of a young man, found in British Columbia in 1999 with a well-preserved and woven hat, an iron knife with a wooden handle and a coat made of 100 small pelts of the arctic squirrel with sinew from a moose. C. 1450–1700 CE [2696×1948]September 30, 2025
A Persian royal rhyton crafted from pure gold, widely regarded as the best-preserved example from the ancient world. Dating back to the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), it was discovered in Hamadan and is housed at the National Museum of Iran. [1080×1350]September 30, 2025
Vase with autumn flowers and elephant handles. Japan, 19th c. Earthenware ceramic (Satsuma ware), overglaze enamel, gilding. Walters Art Museum collection [1201×1800]September 30, 2025
A papyrus from the Hermopolite nome in Egypt, dated to A. D. 117, written by a lady called Eudaimonis to her daughter Aline addresses a wide range of family matters, including some current worries over the family business (P. Brem. 63, transl. R. S. Bagnall – R. Cribiore):[1080×2329]September 30, 2025
Royal crown with jade gogok beads. Korea, Kingdom of Silla, 5th century AD [3160×3700]September 30, 2025
Relief depicting a male deity. Quang Nam, Vietnam, Cham states, 8th-10th century AD [2740×2640]September 30, 2025
Goddess of Hayyan, Nabatean Kingdom, 1st-2nd century AD, Jordan. This limestone carving is the most human-like example of an eye betyl found in Petra so far. The betyl is not a representation of the God or an idol, but a medium of the presence of the God so it can be venerated… [1280×853] [OC]September 30, 2025
Cypro-Archaic Jug, Cyprus (750 BC-600 BC). Displayed in the British Museum [750×1000]September 30, 2025
A group of ceramic funerary jars containing human bones in Xiamen, China, date unknown. One of the jars has shattered. Photographed by Scottish photographer John Thomson in 1871. [2806×2503]September 29, 2025
