Romanesque façade of Notre-Dame church in Echillais (Charente-Maritime, France), XIIth century [1696 x 1624]August 24, 2025
A royal gold belt weighing 1kg, discovered in Surigao. 10-13th century CE, now housed at the Ayala Museum in the Philippines [2081×1601]August 23, 2025
Wet collodion glass negative photo of King Mongkut of Thailand taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson, c. 1865-1866. [6666×4992]August 23, 2025
Earthenware patterned tiles from Oe-ri in Buyeo. Baekje Kingdom (18 BCE–660 CE), now housed at the National Museum of Korea [4850×4853]August 23, 2025
The sword breaker was a clever little parrying dagger from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Popular in Spain, Italy, and France, it wasn’t really meant for killing – its job was to catch an opponent’s blade and leave them disarmed.(2580×1280)August 23, 2025
Elephants, camels and qilins statues along the spirit way at the mausoleum of the Hongwu Emperor (1328-1398 CE), the founder of the Ming dynasty. Ming Xiaoling, China [3504×7006]August 23, 2025
Excavations in 2022 revealed a unique Andean tomb at the site of Pacopampa, in Peru. Within lay the body of a man aged 25-35 and a remarkable range of offerings, such as square beads and 20 Strombus shells, which had been covered with a red pigment, probably cinnabar. 1200-700 BCE [2752×3777]August 23, 2025
The Volta Column, invented by Alessandro Volta in 1799. The prototype to all electric batteries. [618×1091]August 23, 2025
Components of a Phoenician funerary mask in repoussé gold foil, c. 6th–4th century BCE. [1000×1188]August 23, 2025
