The Muse Sarcophagus, Roman, 240-260AD. At the center is the deceased, flanked by Minerva and 9 muses. Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, US. [4032×3024]August 3, 2025
“I am Cyrus the King, an Achaemenid” — trilingual inscription in Pasargadae, Iran (600–530 BC), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1641×960]August 3, 2025
The Arch of Titus, built by Emperor Domitian after his brother’s death, showcases the triumphs of Titus and Vespasian in the First Jewish-Roman War, which resulted in the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple. [800 x 466]August 3, 2025
3,000-years-old Elamite Bronze Sword with a fan-shaped hilt, decorated with two rampant heraldic lions. [1080×1080]August 3, 2025
Roman glass rod, about 26.9 cm long, with an amphora-figure at one end. It was possibly used for stirring. Of 1st – 2nd c. CE. At Corning museum, nr. 70.1.12 [1507 x 2000]August 3, 2025
The Kirkburn sword; a decorated blade with its scabbard, made of iron, copper alloy, horn, & glass. Discovered at an iron-age grave at Kirkburn, England; dated to 300 BCE – 200 BCE ca. At the British museum, nr. 1987,0404.2 [3648 x 2736]August 3, 2025
Bull’s head funerary stela. Wadi Bayhan, ancient Qataban kingdom, Yemen, early 1st c AD. Calcite-alabaster. National Museum of Asian Art collection [2325×2495] [OC]August 3, 2025
Serapeum of Saqqara: 100-Ton Burial Boxes Made of Aswan Granite with ~6.5 Mohs Hardness and 0.00036% Margin of Error, 1400 BC. [2000×1333]August 3, 2025
Original version of The Landlord’s Game (1904 game that became modern day Monopoly). It was invented to teach about Georgism. [850×850]August 3, 2025
Hanging flower basket in the form of a cicada, crafted from madake bamboo, rattan, wood, and metal; made in Kansai, Japan, circa 1915–1950. Collection: Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, Asian Art Museum [785 X1000]August 3, 2025
