5,400-Year-Old Gold Mine at Sakdrisi, in Georgia (South Caucasus): this is the world’s oldest known gold mine, with mining operations dating back to the Bronze Age; sadly, most of the site was destroyed by a Russian mining company in 2014 [3973×5230]September 18, 2025
Urn in the Form of a Seated Male Figure Colombia, Lower Magdalena, Pelaya, 1000–1500. LACMA.[1222×2340]September 17, 2025
A cabinet with coromandel laquer and renaissance inspired details. Italy, 19th century. [2048 x 2048] [OS]September 17, 2025
Bronze deer ornament. Former Yan, Sixteen Kingdoms period, China, ca. 337-70 AD. Excavated in 1998 from a tomb in Liaoning province, where it was worn at the waist. Loaned to the China Institute from Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology [6398×4796] [OC]September 17, 2025
A photograph of my great-grandfather, who served in the military during the Qajar Empire, with a note: “At a time when only the royal family had access to cameras, I took my family’s very first photograph, hoping it would reach future generations. Friday afternoon, August 12, 1896.” [1920×1280]September 17, 2025
“Coins of European Countries”, a book by Kutsuki Masatsuna. Japan, Edo period, 1787 [3400×2740]September 17, 2025
Nabatean tomb with a rock-cut façade of the “Hegra type”, Petra, Jordan, c. 1st century BC. Remains of the Nabataean water supply system can be seen, cut horizontally on the frieze above the capitals where the tongue and groove ceramic pipe was placed and plastered over… [1280×853] [OC]September 17, 2025
