A 35 cm long Maya flint knife covered with a layer of blue stucco. 250-909 CE, now housed at the Museo Amparo in Mexico [1708×2559]August 10, 2025
Incense burner (Koro), silver decorated with precious metals and rock crystal, 1890.[1284×1626] Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art.August 9, 2025
“FDR is Good Enough For Me” painted metal button for the 1936 US presidential campaign. [2400×3361]August 9, 2025
Two funerary steles, with warrior reliefs, made of limestone. From Prinias, Crete, of early archaic period, 7th c. BCE. Housed at the Heraklion archaeological museum [2493 x 2047]August 9, 2025
Food case, made of alabaster, in the shape of a bird. From Egypt, of the 20th – 19th c. BCE. Housed at the Israel museum, nr. 94.35.37 [2048 x 1365]August 9, 2025
Ancient rock art stretching along an 8-mile wall has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest. The paintings were created approximately 11,800–12,500 years ago. [700 x 467]August 9, 2025
Portrait of Lotf Ali Khan, one of the most handsome kings in history. He ruled as the last king of Iran’s Zand dynasty from 1789 to 1794, inspiring romantic Persian tales and poetry, and remembered as the embodiment of beauty. [600×456]August 9, 2025
Archaeologists have discovered evidence confirming that Pompeii was reoccupied for centuries after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 AD. People resettled the upper floors of buildings jutting out over the ashes, with lower buried floors being repurposed to serve as cellars. [2619×2872]August 9, 2025
Dish with a king hunting lions. He is identified by his distinctive eagle crown as Hormizd II (r 303-309 AD) but his equipment suggests a later period (see museum link in comments). Iran, Sasanian dynasty, 400–600 AD. Silver gilt. Cleveland Museum of Art collection [3400×2837]August 9, 2025
The armor of the Austrian Emperor Maximilian II is impressive in its detail. Created in 1555, it is currently on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. [900×704]August 9, 2025
