Bible-gun. The weapon was created between 1619 and 1694. The owner of the book had to pull the tab to fire when the book was closed. [700×609]August 10, 2025
A Late 12th Century Cutting from a Missal with a depiction of the Crucifixion, Germany or Austria [3024×4032]August 10, 2025
Near a royal tomb complex dating to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE), archaeologists discovered the remains of more than 400 sacrificed animals. This included the first complete skeletons of a giant panda and a tapir, to have ever been found in a tomb in China [11603×7719]August 10, 2025
A bronze and turquoise ornament with frog and snake design. 5th-3rd BCE, unearthed from Sanguandianzi in Lingyuan, China. Now housed at the Liaoning Provincial Museum [1080×2048]August 10, 2025
A bronze tripod with a handle and coiled dragon pattern, Spring and Autumn period (770 BC–476 BCE), now housed at the Zhejiang Museum in China. The lid is decorated with 11 dragons and 16 other animals, including rhinoceroses, elephants, tigers, bears, and deer [811×1629]August 10, 2025
An ancient Chinese incense burner. Stoneware, with clear glaze and modeled dragons and lotus petals. Sui to early Tang dynasty, late 6th–7th century CE. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston [1247×1600]August 10, 2025
Oval staircase, Francesco Borromini, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1634. It serves the south wing of the palace, and complements a bigger one by Bernini on a principle both aesthetic and functional. The staircase is helicoidal and has a flattened oval plan, thus providing easier ascent… [1280×510] [OC]August 10, 2025
Detail view of some of the enigmatic pictograms stamped in a spiral on the Phaistos Disc, side A, possibly from the middle-late Minoan Bronze Age (1000s BC). One of the most iconic artifacts of the Minoan civilization, its purpose and original place of manufacture remain disputed… [1920×1080] [OC]August 10, 2025
