The Huiluo Granary in Luoyang, China, was established during the reign of Yang of Sui (569-618 CE) and had 700 storage pits, each of which can store 250,000 kg of grain and the entire granary can store 175 million kg of grain. Each pit is about 10 m in diameter and 7 to 9 m in depth [1269×1505]August 16, 2025
A 1600-year-old celadon ox-shaped lamp unearthed from an Eastern Jin Dynasty cemetery in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Now housed at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in China [400×344]August 16, 2025
A phoenix-shaped bronze architectural component from the Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), Shanxi Bronze Museum, China [1080×1345]August 16, 2025
2 tapir-shaped bronze wine vessels, c. 10th century BCE, Western Zhou dynasty, Baoji Bronzeware Museum, China [1000×590]August 16, 2025
A 2000-year-old Roman dagger before and after a 9-month restoration. The handle and scabbard are covered in silver and decorated with red enamel. [650×597]August 16, 2025
A rare golden coin portraying King Darius the Great (522–486 BC) has been discovered in the Iranian province of North Khorasan. It was found inside a car after accident, when the injured driver refused hospital care, arousing the police’s suspicion and prompting a search of the vehicle. [1080×1053]August 16, 2025
Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire is a castle, constructed along several centuries, converted to a palatial seigneurial residence, in Loiret, France. It is a chateau-fort, a true castle surrounded with a defensive moat, built to control one of the few sites where the Loire can be forded.[1920×1151] [OC]August 16, 2025
The Didache, also known as The Lord’s Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations, is a brief, anonymous early Christian treatise written in Koine Greek and dated by modern scholars to the first century C.E. [1100 x 749]August 16, 2025
Roman statue showing a hermaphrodite feeding a bird. The sculpture transforms into a pillar. Object dated to the 2nd century CE. [537×810]August 16, 2025
