Mummy portrait of a young girl. Egypt, Roman period, ca. 30 BC – 150 AD. Encaustic wax on wood panel. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection [2448×3264] [OC]July 16, 2025
Kushan ring with image of Roman Emperor Septimus Severus and his wife Julia Domina, beneath is an inscription in the Indic Siddham script saying “Damputrasya Dhanguptasya” meaning “Dhangupta son of Dama” [1100 x 676]July 16, 2025
Human figurines, approximately 5000 years old, form museum in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India [3024×2849]July 16, 2025
Runestone dated to the 1200-1300’s that reads, (eko : sum : la=pis) “I am a stone” It was found in the old church in Losen and was relocated to the Historical Museum of Stockholm in 1864 [228×169]July 16, 2025
Carved wooden Netsuke sculpture of a humanoid octopus looking down at a cowering monkey, Japanese, c. 1800-1900. [4000×2667]July 16, 2025
Ancient Baby Bottle shaped like a pig found Messapian culture tomb in Manduria, Puglia, Italy, dating back approximately 2,400 years (around 4th century BCE).[1284×766]July 15, 2025
In 2019 A Sorceress’ Kit Was Discovered in the Ashes of Pompeii .The box of small trinkets was likely used to perform fertility and love rituals and to look for omens about birth and pregnancy. Archaeological Park of Pompeii.[1284×817]July 15, 2025
The Portonaccio sarcophagus; dating to around 180 AD, the sarcophagus was likely used to bury a Roman general killed in the 172–175 AD German-Sarmatic campaign of Marcus Aurelius during the Marcomannic Wars. Now housed in Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome [3081 x 2587] [OC]July 15, 2025
