Jaw & Tongue of St. Anthony, Reliquary c. 13th century. Jaw of Saint Anthony displayed in the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua; His “incorrupt tongue” is also encased along side it. [1282×1296]July 22, 2025
2,500-year-old golden Acinaces in perfect conditions, one of the very few remaining swords from the Achaemenid Empire. Related to the time of Darius the Great (522–486 BC), it was discovered in Ecbatana and is housed at the National Museum of Iran. [1000×667]July 22, 2025
A Greek yellow jasper ringstone with a crocodile Alexandria, Hellinistic period, circa 2nd-1st century B.C. [3161 x 3200]July 22, 2025
Bell in the form of a human head, associated with the deity Osun. Ìjèbú Yorùbá or Edo culture, lower Niger delta, Nigeria, 13th-15th c. Yale University Art Gallery collection [2164×3000]July 22, 2025
In central Italy, near the village of San Casciano dei Bagni, unusual finds were discovered in the area of a former Etruscan pool fed by hot springs. [1200×791]July 22, 2025
Greek Figure Head Vase in the Form of an African, Apulian, Italy, 350–320 BC [1760×2346]July 22, 2025
An obsidian bowl from Tepe Gawra in Iraq. 4100-3900 BCE, now housed at the Penn Museum in Pennsylvania [1454×1174]July 22, 2025
The “Great Comet” illustration from the Ottoman manuscript ‘Secaatname’, 1577 CE, Istanbul University Library [1722×1202]July 22, 2025
The royal necropolis of Ayaa was a group of two hypogea housing a total of 21 sarcophagi of kings and nobles of the Phoenician city of Sidon in Lebanon. The sarcophagi were highly diverse in style, ranging across Egyptian, Greek, Lycian and Phoenician styles. 6th-4th century BCE [7619×13388]July 22, 2025
The grand staircase inside Castel Savoia, a castle built for Queen Margherita of Savoy in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy, between 1899 and 1904. [1638 x 2048]July 21, 2025
