A relief from Kom Ombo Temple depicting the Ancient Egyptian calendar, a 365-day solar calendar divided into 3 seasons (flooding, growing, and harvest), with four 30-day months per season, followed by 5 extra days, also known as the “birthdays of the gods”, at the end of the year [1600×1200]September 4, 2025
An ancient maya vase, from Naranjo in Guatemala, depicting on the left, a cheeky rabbit steeling the clothes of God L, as he tells him “smell your sweat, wizard penis”. And on the right we see the same deity complaining to the supreme creator god Itzamnaaj [1280×2049]September 4, 2025
An Assyrian tablet describing a ritual for a substitute king. When priests saw a bad omen aimed at the King, a commoner was found to replace him while he went in hiding. The man lived as the king absorbing the evil spirits until the omen passed, then he was killed and the king returned [3230×3791]September 4, 2025
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, is a luxury hotel located in the heart of London, UK. It originally opened in 1873 as the Midland Grand Hotel, designed by the British architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, and is mostly known for its sublime staircase [2349 x 3399]September 4, 2025
This exquisitely enameled silver rapier, dating to 1601, is a magnificent example of the elaborate craftsmanship of German swordsmiths during the Renaissance, used for both dueling and self-defense. [1000×693]September 4, 2025
This monumental face belongs to one of the colossal statues of Pharaoh Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, carved in 13th Century BC during the height of the New Kingdom. [1455×1000]September 4, 2025
When Yoshitaro Shibasaki and his team completed their 1907 ascent of Mount Tsurugi, thought to be the last unclimbed mountain in Japan, they found a metal cane decoration and a sword at the summit that were later determined to have been left there more than 1000 years earlier [1914×2955]September 4, 2025
The Naga statue with seven cobra heads at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 12th century [1290×2040]September 4, 2025
Emperor Augustus wore a signet ring with his own likeness on his finger. His successors continued the tradition, wearing it on their fingers as a memento of the great ruler. [1200×900]September 4, 2025
A box made of emerald and gold, topped with a small diamond. Mughal Empire, India, around 1635 AD [2000 x 2953]September 3, 2025
Relief from tomb of Ny-ankh-nesuwt. Saqqara, Egypt, c. 2345-2320 BC. On display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. [4032×3024]September 3, 2025
