A 1800-year-old crystal-blue glass bracelet found at Oburo-Minami No. 1 Tomb in Kyōtango, Japan. Yayoi period, now housed at the Tango Ancient Village Museum [2048×3852]December 14, 2025
A 17th century CE frog purse made of fine silk and metal threads, found in the Cheapside Hoard of jewelry and gemstones by London street workers excavating a street in Cheapside in 1912. Now housed at the Museum of London [3840×2563]December 14, 2025
The valley temple of the Pharaoh Khafre in Giza, Egypt, built around 2570 BCE. The temple was built of megalithic blocks sheathed in red granite, some weighing over 200 tons. The square pillars of the T-shaped hallway were made of solid granite, and the floor was paved in alabaster [2048×3090]December 14, 2025
Details of a Paracas mantle from Peru. The Paracas textiles, made from wool and cotton and dyed with natural dyes, were used to wrap the bodies of the dead of the Paracas culture in 200–300 BCE [1156×2052]December 14, 2025
Lamp with eight wick sockets. Eastern Mediterranean ca. 250-500 AD. Mold-formed, slipped and fired clay. The Jewish Museum collection [4008×4008] [OC]December 14, 2025
War Panel of the Standard of Ur, Sumerian, c. 2600 BC. One of the two main sides of what most likely formed a box (the other known as Peace), it is one of the earliest representations of a Sumerian army, in what is considered the comic-like narration of a border skirmish… [1920×825] [OC]December 14, 2025
The painting depicts a young man. It is a so-called Fayum portrait—a unique type of portrait created in Egypt during the Roman period, roughly from the 1st to the 3rd century CE. These portraits were painted on wooden panels using the encaustic technique (paint with wax). [1200×2398]December 14, 2025
Roman decorative plate with the image of Hercules. The object dates to the third century CE. [335×346]December 14, 2025
Saka (Indo-Scythian) devotees participating in rituals venerating the Śākyamuni Buddha’s relics at the Great Stupa of Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India, c. 1st century BCE–1st century CE [1684×936]December 14, 2025
An ancient Greek tropaion (victory monument) with captured enemy weapons. Wood and bronze, 4th century BCE, now housed at the Staatliche Antikensammlungen in Munich [537×1500]December 14, 2025
The grave of Warawara, a young-adult female ceremoniously interred with a hunting toolkit 9,000 years ago at the site of Wilamaya Patjxa in Peru. The bottom picture is a reconstruction based on archaeological findings, rock art, and other archaeological evidence from the region [3504×5160]December 14, 2025
