In one of the rooms of a luxurious Roman villa in Noheda (central Spain) a beautiful composition was found showing mythological scenes from Greek and Roman culture. The mosaic is really impressive as it has over 230 m2. [1400×832]September 17, 2025
The Tatev Monastery, 9th century AD, constructed on the edge of the Vorotan Gorge in southern Armenia. [4032×3024]September 16, 2025
Beneath the ruins of Justiniana Secunda (Ulpiana, Kosovo) lies a layer of carbon and ash from the 7th century AD, when migrating Slavs burned the city to the ground [3743×2807]September 16, 2025
The Abbey library of St Gall, Saint Gallen, Switzerland. It was founded in the 8th century. The library has a collection of around 170,000 books. Over 400 volumes are more than 1,000 years old. [2560 x 1920]September 16, 2025
A woman’s wedding gown made from ramie fibres and cotton thread. Atayal Tribe, Taiwan, 1920s [1600 x 1067] [OS]September 16, 2025
James VI of Scotland’s earliest surviving letter, thanking his foster mother for sending him some fruit (1570s) [3143×3143]September 16, 2025
A Painting of the Uga-Benzaiten Mandala, being a hybrid depiction of the Buddhist Goddess Benzaiten and the Shinto deity Ugajin. Produced Circa 1500-1600, Late Muromachi or Azuchi Momoyama Period in Japan. [1440×1920]September 16, 2025
A silver mask from an archaeological site near Aalborg (Denmark), dated to the Late Iron Age (400 to 800 AD). Danish archaeologists think this is an image of a god; it is during this period representations of Nordic gods start to be found in the archaeological record. [3000 × 4000]September 16, 2025
Trapped within a solid piece of amber, a praying mantis is preserved in a time capsule dating back 30 million years, serving as both a natural wonder and a timeless artifact. [1283×1077]September 16, 2025
