A bronze table with frogs and snakes design, Warring States Period to Western Han Dynasty (475 BCE-8 CE), now housed at the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Museum in China [768×924]August 14, 2025
These stone sculptures from the mausoleum of Huo Qubing (140-117 BCE), a Chinese military general and politician of the Western Han dynasty, are the first monumental stone statues in China. The statue on the bottom left depicts a horse trampling a Xiongnu warrior [1957×1613]August 14, 2025
Yongtai Fortress is a fortress town in Gansu, China, built in 1608 CE by the Ming dynasty rulers to defend against attacks from northern minorities, it stationed 2000 infantrymen and 500 cavalry units. The entire fort is enclosed by a rammed earth wall including defensive towers [1080×610]August 14, 2025
This chinese bronze wine vessel represents the pinnacle of craftsmanship from the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BCE). It has a tiger on top of its head, a phoenix on its back and 2 dragons on its chest and hip, with elaborate dragon, tiger and spiral patterns adorning the entire vessel [2931×5371]August 14, 2025
The footprint of a Roman baby in red clay, which was left during drying, is about 2000 years old. Its location is Vaison-la-Romaine, France. [900×1028]August 14, 2025
Merchant’s private letter on a cuneiform tablet. Kültepe, Anatolia, 19th century BC [3000×3000]August 14, 2025
Mosaic depicting theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy (Thermae Decianae), Roman mosaic dating from the 2nd century AD [4024 x 3264]August 14, 2025
Elizabeth Tower, better known by the name of its biggest bell, Big Ben, the Parliament on the left and Westminster Bridge on the right. Designed in neo-Gothic style, when finished in 1859, its clock was the largest and most accurate four-faced striking and chiming clock in the world…[1280×853][OC]August 14, 2025
Apollo of Gaza, in 2012 a Palestinian fisherman from Gaza recovered the Ancient Greek bronze statue of Apollo and put it up for sale for $500k on EBay. The statue, more than 2000 years old, was seized by police and never seen again. [1080×1508]August 14, 2025
