An opalescent glass Art Deco sculpture by French artist Lucille Sevin, for Etling. Early 20th century [3209×2456]July 21, 2025
Burial S166 from the cemetery of Adaïma in Egypt, 3300–2700 BCE: a teenage girl was buried with her right arm severed. Her body faced the winter solstice sunset, while the sarcophagus was oriented toward the heliacal rising of Sirius, the star that heralded the flooding of the Nile [1200×806]July 21, 2025
Box made of iron, gold and silver featuring an image of an octopus and monkey grabbing each other, Japanese, c. 1800-1900. [1799×1514]July 21, 2025
The Mainz Gladius, also known as the Sword of Tiberius, is a renowned Roman sword and scabbard discovered in the Rhine near Mainz, Germany. It has been housed in the British Museum since 1866. [1280×1714]July 21, 2025
The Pylos Combat Agate; a Minoan gold-capped sealstone of the Mycenaean period, which depicts a battle scene of two warriors while a third one lies dead. It was discoverd at the Grave of the Griffin Warrior, Pylos, Greece, & it’s dated to 1450 BCE ca. Arch. mus. of Chora, SN18-0112 [8898 x 7339]July 21, 2025
Belt buckle made of bronze; in the shape of a rider horseback. Unearthed at the Treli cemetery [grave 65], Georgia, & dated to the 13th c. BCE ca. It’s considered of the earliest examples of the theme in the area. National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi, GNM 11-1:73-21 [2048 x 1432]July 21, 2025
The Snartemo Sword found in the autumn of 1933 in a Norwegian grave, dated to the early 6th century CE [1507×1992]July 21, 2025
Saint Anne, an 8th or 9th century wall painting, painted al secco with tempera on plaster, found at the Faras Cathedral in Nubia (present-day Sudan) National Museum in Warsaw[1284×1494]July 21, 2025
Horse Armour, from Rajasthan. Late 18th Century CE. made of several small square iron plates interlinked with chain mail. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.[1464×1488]July 21, 2025
A 2nd century BCE mosaic from Alexandria, in Egypt, depicting a rooster, a hen and her chicks, symbols of the family. Now located at villa Kérylos in France [2112×2364]July 21, 2025
An anatomical head modelled in wax by Gaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656–1701 CE), now housed at La Specola in Florence, Italy [1200×949]July 21, 2025
