Minoan Bull Leaping Fresco, Crete, 1650 BC. This colorful painting is the most completely restored stucco panel from Knossos Palace. Bull-leaping is considered a key ritual in Minoan religion. As in other Mediterranean civilizations, bulls were venerated and worshiped… [1920×816] [OC]November 18, 2025
Dance mask depicting multiple animals. Alaska, United States, Yu’pik peoples, around 1900 [1900×1880]November 18, 2025
Relief from the house of a courtesan, depicting a drunken courtesan, possibly Vasantasena from the play Mricchakatika. India, Kushan Empire, 2nd century AD [1080×1310]November 18, 2025
Bronze seal of the Bashu people, with tiger knob. Sichuan, China, Warring States, 4th-3rd century BC [3800×3000]November 18, 2025
The Mask of Agamemnon, discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in a shaft in the site of ancient Mycenae in 1876 [1200×900]November 17, 2025
Garshāsp is a 13-meter statue in Tehran depicting the mythological Persian king from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (977 AD), thrusting his spear into the dragon’s mouth. After the fall of the Qajar Empire, it replaced the statue of Nasser al-Din Shah (1848–1896), and it still stands today. [1080×603]November 17, 2025
Tianhuang (“heavenly yellow” soapstone) seal depicting the legendary 11th-c poet Su Shi in a boat at the base of the Red Cliff with a waterfall. Carved by Qian Song (1807-1860). More pics in museum link in comments. Brooklyn Museum collection [1124×1500]November 17, 2025
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, discovered between 1896 and 1907 at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, is a collection of over 500,000 fragments of documentary, religious and important literary texts dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 7th century CE [1718×4055]November 17, 2025
The sculpture of the boxer is one of the two found during the construction of the Quirinal Theater in Rome. Both were buried very carefully, perhaps in order to hide them from looters. [1200×1915]November 17, 2025
While trekking through the Aurlandsfjellet mountains of western Norway, a hiker recently found an enormous reindeer trap that dates back 1,500 years. Amongst the wooden logs, archaeologists uncovered other items as well, including several sets of well-preserved reindeer antlers [1200×1386]November 17, 2025
Wax over papier mache boy doll with painted blond hair and wearing a velvet suit, c. 1840. [2912×4368]November 17, 2025
Door of the Crowning with Thorns, casted in bronze by Josep Maria Subirachs and installed at the Passion Facade of the Sagrada Família, Barcelona. The bronze door measures more than five meters (about 16 feet 5 inches) in height. Late 20th century [2597×4606]November 17, 2025
