King Jehu of Israel bows before the King of Assyria, relief scene from the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, ca 827–824 BC. [504×1079]December 12, 2025
Some of the numerous handprints that were carved into the soft sandstone surface of the White Mountain, in Wyoming, by the Ancestral Eastern Shoshone. 1000-1800 AD. [6650×4000]December 12, 2025
‘The Mowing-Devil’, a 17th century explanation of a crop-circle, August 22nd,1678. [8930×12000]December 12, 2025
Gondishapur is an ancient university in Iran with 1700 years of history, the world’s oldest in terms of historical origin. Founded by Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire, its original campus is now an archaeological site, while the university continues under the same name in a modern building. [717×576]December 12, 2025
The footprint of a Roman toddler that has been preserved on this tile for over 2000 years [1200×900]December 12, 2025
A wonderful aureus featuring Septimius Severus and his family (from the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium) [4483×4000]December 12, 2025
Woman’s traveling hood (fengmao), made of satin with embroidered birds and butterflies. China, 1875-1900 [2700×2500]December 12, 2025
Perseus Triumphant, Antonio Canova, 1801. The statue shows the triumphant Perseus holding the severed head of the Medusa, one of the three Gorgons. He is looking at her face, even though that should turn him into stone according to the myth. Perseus is wearing the sandals of… [1280×853] [OC]December 12, 2025
Mosaic of two Venatores facing a tiger. Peristyle court, Palatium Magnum, Constantinople, 531-602 AD, Roman Empire. Possibly from the times of Justinian I builder of Hagia Sophia, this mosaic can be admired at its original location on the court that Justinian himself might have trod… [1920×1080][OC]December 12, 2025
Qasr Bashir in Jordan is the well-preserved ruin of a Roman fort built during the reign of Diocletian (284-305 CE). During this time, the Romans constructed smaller but better fortified strongholds than before. [1200×800]December 11, 2025
