A Soreg inscription stone in Greek, warning pagans to not proceed further into the Temple in Jerusalem under penalty of death, c. 23BC-70CE. Currently in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums [861×1280]January 5, 2026
The Lewis Lodge Ruins are 13th-century CE Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, built on the edge of a 800-foot cliff in Utah’s Cedar Mesa [1537×2187]January 5, 2026
The white marble foot of the colossus of Constantine the Great, ca. 315. The complete statue was about 40 meters tall but was (literally) Vandalized after the fall of Rome. (1280×866)January 5, 2026
Mughal spectacles set with flat cut emerald lenses, in silver and gold frames mounted with old-cut smaller diamonds and emeralds, India, lenses circa 17th century, frames 19th century [2048×1535]January 5, 2026
Belt hook in the form of a tiger. China, Warring States period, 4th c BC. Bronze inlaid with gold and silver. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art [4000×3000] [OC]January 5, 2026
The Lewis Lodge Ruins are 13th-century CE Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, built on the edge of a 800-foot cliff in Utah’s Cedar Mesa [1537×2187]January 5, 2026
Painting of a monkey holding a cat, by Yi Yuanji. China, Song dynasty, 11th century AD [1630×1730]January 5, 2026
