De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum, 1497. The First Aldine edition of Iamblichus’s Work, a Significant Neoplatonic Text, and a major foundational text within Western Esotericism [3024×4032]July 26, 2025
The wine cellar [cella vinaria] of the Roman Villa Regina at Boscoreale, Italy; with 18 dolia [vessels], for the fermentation/aging of the wine. Of about 1st c. BCE – 1st c. CE [2048 x 1363]July 26, 2025
Roman silver skyphos with olive patterns; part of the Boscoreale treasure, of about 25 BCE – 50 CE. Housed in the Louvre, nr. Bj 1916 [1340 x 900]July 26, 2025
Bronze statuette of Sucellus, Gaulish deity associated with boundaries – of land and between living/dead – whose symbols include the mallet, wolf skin and jar. Five small mallets radiate from a large one behind him. Vienne, Isère, 1st-2nd AD, from a household shrine. Walters Art Museum [1161×1800]July 26, 2025
The stationery box of the emperor Qianlong (reign 1735-1796 CE), now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China. The piece of furniture can be a table when opened and a box when folded [1080×1835]July 26, 2025
A brick decorated in relief with an erotic scene, Eastern Han period (25-220 CE), from Xinlongsiang in China, now housed at the Sichuan Museum [2560×3427]July 26, 2025
An eggplant purple glaze vase with dragon ears, now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi reign (1661-1722 CE) [842×1077]July 26, 2025
A Jade handle five-bead massager, mid-Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 CE), now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China. The massager head is composed of 5 petal-shaped round beads, which are made of crystals, amethyst and agate [1024×812]July 26, 2025
Roskilde 6 – at 37 m it’s the world’s longest, preserved Viking Age longship, Denmark, AD 1025 [1200 x 800]July 26, 2025
Realistic sculpture of Roman. The object dates back to the 1st century BCE. The artifact is located in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen (Denmark). [1200×1878]July 26, 2025
Book of Hours of the king of France Francis I. 1532-1538. Illuminated manuscript of 150 folios with 16 full-page miniatures. Cover with a carnelian intago that feature the Crucifixion of the Christ between Saint-Francis of Assisi and Saint-Jerome. Louvre museum, Paris, France.[927×1564]July 25, 2025
A 6,200-year-old skeleton of a girl has been found by the archaeologists at an ancient cemetery in the Iranian province of Khuzestan, with signs of deliberate skull deformation. Scientists say that her head had been tightly bound with bandages — a practice used to signify social class. [1200×800]July 25, 2025
