View through the arched entrance to one of the peripheral rooms of the arcade and central courtyard of Casa de Pilatos (Pilate’s House), built c.1483 and modified c.1570, a palace, mixture of Italian Renaissance and Mudejar elements, considered the prototype of the Andalusian palace. [1280×854] [OC]July 20, 2025
Wooden stakes used to stop the Mongol invasion fleet at the Battle of Bach Dang. Vietnam, Kingdom of Dai Viet, 1288 AD [3024×4032]July 20, 2025
The Discobolus Palombara or Lancellotti, the first Roman copy of Myron’s original bronze to be recovered in 1781. 1st-century AD, now displayed in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme [3072 x 4096] [OC]July 20, 2025
Carved ivory sculpture of a Dutchman holding a child, Japanese, c. 1700-1800. [1107×2100]July 19, 2025
A beautiful flanged-axe from the Bronze Age, around 3,200 to 3,800 years old. I’ve found this today, while metal detecting in Germany, Xanten. [2205×2448]July 19, 2025
Fatimid carved rock crystal ewer, specifically known as the Fermo Ewer. The Rock crystal was Carved in the late 10th or early 11th century Egypt and is housed in the Diocesan museum of Fermo located in Italy.[1222×2467]July 19, 2025
Greek Vessel of African youth getting attacked by crocodile, Attic rhyton, Puglia, Italy, 340 BCE [3013×4377]July 19, 2025
Iranian and German archaeologists have discovered a 3,000-year-old kohl in Iran, containing no traces of organics like those in Egypt, but showing traces of graphite and manganese oxide. This unprecedented formula, which was far ahead of its time, gave the eyes a shiny, metallic luster. [1366×768]July 19, 2025
A mosaic depicting a skeleton pointing to the words “Gnothi seauton”, “Know thyself”. It once decorated the floor of a tomb on the Appian Way; now it is housed in the Baths of Diocletian, Rome [2204 x 2320] [OC]July 19, 2025
Marble sarcophagus of Kyiv Rus’ King Yaroslav the Wise and his wife Queen Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden in Kyiv, Ukraine, 1050 AD [1812 x 1312]July 19, 2025
