Bottle in the form of a dog. Nasca culture, south coast, Peru, ca. 1-600 AD. Ceramic with slip. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [4000×3000] [OC]August 23, 2025
The Mi-no-kedachi Demon From the Bakemono Zukushi Monster Scroll 18th or 19th C .Edo Japan[1141×1576]August 23, 2025
The Colossus of Memnon, one of two massive statues that stands in front of the ruined Temple of Ahmenhotep III in Luxor, Egypt, standing since 1350 BC. [OC] [4000×2669]August 23, 2025
The relief of the naval Battle at the Nile Delta of 1178 BCE ca, between Ramesses III & the Sea peoples [detail]; on Medinet Habu NE outer wall, 12th c. BCE [2250 x 1300]August 23, 2025
Marble relief with gladiators, from Patra, Greece, of 1st – 2nd c. CE. Archaeological museum of Patra [2048 x 1516]August 23, 2025
Remaining on the former site of Heungbeopsa Temple, this stele is dedicated to the great Buddhist monk Jingong (869-940 CE). The main body with inscription was broken down, and its fragments were moved to National museum of Korea [1702×2305]August 23, 2025
This 4th century BCE bronze mirror with geometric designs has over 13,000 lines on its 212.8 mm wide and 212.1 mm tall surface, with the lines spaced at 0.3mm intervals. The mirror is now housed at the Korean Christian Museum in South Korea [5795×4920]August 23, 2025
A 5th century CE barding for heavy cavalry, excavated from a tomb in Haman-gun in South Korea. Gaya confederacy, now housed at the Gimhae National Museum [800×1828]August 23, 2025
The se-chongtong is a portable gun barrel first produced in 1432 CE to subdue the Jurchen people who invaded northern Joseon in the early Joseon Dynasty. The Korean gun was used by soldiers of different units and civilians, including women and children, as a personal defense weapon [540×709]August 23, 2025
In 2014, a CT scan of a Buddha statue, believed to date back to the 11th or 12th century, revealed the preserved remains of a Buddhist master named Liuquan, a figure from the Chinese Meditation School.Whereabouts unknown but thought to be in the hands of an unknown Chinese collector [1284×1596]August 22, 2025
10,000-Year-Old “Chewing Gum” from Sweden: these pieces of birch tar were chewed by teenagers in prehistoric Sweden, and the DNA and microbes extracted from the tar indicate that the teens often consumed hazelnuts, deer, and trout, and that they suffered from severe gum disease [3880×4786]August 22, 2025
