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
An oversized human skull used for teaching at Harvard Medical School, c. 1929. [1270×953]July 25, 2025
A silk embroidery from China depicting Guru Nanak Sahib Ji (the 1st Sikh Guru), circa 1800s. Guru Nanak was referred to as Baba Foosa in China and as Nanak Lama in Tibet. He visited the regions during His third udasi [spiritual tour] (1514-1518 CE) [1470×1277]July 25, 2025
Clay calyx-krater depicting the myth of Cadmus, a legendary Phoenician prince credited with founding Thebes and introducing the alphabet to Greece, slaying a dragon. Paestan red-figure, attributed to Python of Poseidonia (Paestum, Italy), c. 350s BCE. [1173×1500]July 25, 2025
A Gold, Enamel, and Diamond Keyless Pendant Watch in the Form of a Scarab Beetle, circa 1900 [3073 x 2160]July 25, 2025
An erotic mosaic stolen from Pompeii by a Nazi captain during World War II has been returned to the ancient site. Featuring a man reclining on a couch being attended to by a scantily clad woman, the mosaic may have decorated a bedroom floor in a Roman villa. [2000×1335]July 25, 2025
Fragments of a stone inscription from Olympia [IvO 56]: the Rules of the Isolympic games in Naples, the Sebasta. These games, based on the Olympics, were founded for Roman emperor Augustus in 2 BCE – 2 CE ca. The inscription is of 1st-2nd c. CE; at the Arch. Mus. of Olympia [2000 x 3237]July 25, 2025
Golden greek libation bowl, of about 625 BCE, from Olympia. It bears a greek dedicating inscription. Boston museum of Arts, nr. 21.1843 [2048 x 1566]July 25, 2025
A burgonet (lightweight helmet) from Burgundy, France, considered as a masterpiece of the Renaissance metalwork. Crafted by renowned Milanese armorer, Filippo Negroli, in 1543. [800×600]July 25, 2025
Detail of one of the relief griffins that decorated a pithos found at Xidas, Afrati-Arcades, Crete. Early Archaic period, 7th century BC. Relief pithoi of this period served a double purpose, to store goods, such as olive oil, and to display the social status of the owners… [1615×1280] [OC]July 25, 2025
